imaginings

plural noun

imag·in·ings i-ˈmaj-niŋz

-ˈma-jə-

: products of the imagination : thoughts, images

… formless imaginings of danger and terror …—Jack Shaefer

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Their respective specialties are even better and also wilder in their imaginings. — Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022 The expansive imaginings of survivalist adaptations are matched by the production’s eerie visual allure, not least in the marine pulchritude of the cordyceps’ character design. — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2023 Wakanda Forever and Wendell & Wild invite us to experience underappreciated pieces of history along with our own imaginings. — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Dec. 2022 While Kepler, Galileo and others were establishing the foundations of modern astronomy in the 17th century, the study of Earth itself remained a medieval science, mired in myth and fantastic imaginings. — Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2014 See All Example Sentences for imaginings

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Etymology

Middle English ymagynynges, plural of the gerund of ymaginen "to imagine"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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imaginings

plural noun

imag·in·ings

im-ˈaj(ə-)niŋz

: products of the imagination : thoughts, images

imaginings

plural noun

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