Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having a lively or creative imagination.

    an imaginative boy

    einfallsreich

  2. Tending to be fanciful or inventive.

    an imaginative story

  3. False or imagined.

    вообража́емыйvoobražájemyj, мни́мыйmnímyj, нереа́льныйnereálʹnyj

More definitions
  • (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

Examples

42 sentences
  1. You are imaginative, Tom.

    У тебе багата уява, Томе.

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  2. I'm very imaginative.

    У мене дуже розвинена уява.

    ruУ меня очень богатое воображение.

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  3. You're very imaginative.

    У тебе дуже добра уява.

    ruУ тебя очень богатое воображение.

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  4. He is a very imaginative writer.

    ruОн - писатель с богатым воображением.

    deEr ist ein sehr fantasievoller Schriftsteller.

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  5. Tom is a very imaginative writer.

    deTom ist ein sehr fantasievoller Autor.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
false or imagined:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having a lively imagination:

Origin

From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginā

From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus. By surface analysis, imagine + -ative.

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Forms

more imaginative, most imaginative
Comparativemore imaginative Lesson
Superlativemost imaginative Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action:inventive

Word family

8 related words

See also

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