imagination
/ɪˌmadʒɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Stress
- 4th syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
ɪ - ˌmadʒɪ - ˈneɪʃən -> imagination
imagination / ÇmædʒÇ'neÇʃn / n
၁။ (က) [U, C] စိတ်ကူး နိုင်စွမ်း။ စိတ်ကူးစိတ်သန်း။ စိတ်အာရုံ။
a vivid imagination ❍ He doesn't have much imagination.
❍ Her talk captured / caught (ie gripped and stimulated) the imagination of the whole class.
(ခ) [C] စိတ်ကူးစိတ်သန်း။ စိတ်အာရုံ။ In my imagination, I thought I heard her calling me. (ဂ) [U] စိတ်ထင်။ အထင်။ Is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight?
၂။ [U] စိတ်ကူး စိတ်သန်း။ His writing lacks imagination. ❍ Use your imagination to find an answer.
❑ imaginative / Ç'mædʒÇnǝtÇv / adj စိတ်ကူးဉာဏ်ရှိသော။
an imaginative child / writer / idea / production.
❑ imaginatively adv
စိတ်ကူးဉာဏ်ရှိရှိ။
The exhibits were imaginatively displayed.
- [have the imagination to do something] : They didn’t have the imagination to deal with such complex problems.
- [use your imagination] : Try to use your imagination when planning main meals.
- [lack of imagination] : The speaker’s visual aids showed a remarkable lack of imagination.
- [vivid/fertile/overactive imagination] : A child with a vivid imagination
- Was he scared, or was it just my imagination?
- The problem was all in his imagination.
- Part of my job is to try to stimulate the student’s imagination.
- [catch someone’s imagination] : Their policies have really caught the public’s imagination.
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