imagination

noun

/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Definition

B1 [C or U] the ability to form pictures in the mind: My younger son has a very vivid (= active) imagination. I can never make up stories - I have absolutely no imagination. For some reason the story captured/caught the imagination of the public (= made them very interested). It couldn't by any stretch of the imagination be described as a (= it is certainly not a) beautiful city. There's a sex scene in the film which apparently leaves nothing to the imagination (= shows sexual parts of the body very clearly).Imagining and conceiving › [U] something that you think exists or is true, although in fact it is not real or true: Was she paying him a lot of attention or was it just my imagination? Is it my imagination or is David behaving strangely at the moment?Dreaming B1 [U] the ability to think of new ideas: It's a job that needs someone with a bit of imagination.Imagining and conceiving

(Definition of imagination noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)