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imaginary

 
 
/ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/ adjective

Translation

not real but imagined in your mind
hayalî, hayal ürünü
The story takes place in an imaginary world.1750
(Definition of imaginary adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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