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imagining

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M AE1 JH AH0 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1977, Cat Stevens, (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard in Izitso, Dave Kershenbaum & Cat Stevens, Remember the days of the old schoolyard / When we had imaginings and we had / All kinds of things and we laughed / And needed love [...]

Meaning relationships

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2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of imagine

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of imagin

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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