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imaginable Definition

imagi·nable (i maji nə bəl)

adjective

that can be imagined

Etymology: ME ymaginable < LL imaginabilis

imaginable Related Forms

imagi·nably adverb

imaginable Synonyms

imaginable

modif.

imaginable Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • cover: New sporting clubs also sprang up covering almost every physical activity imaginable.
  • offer: El Coche, only a 20minute boat trip offers the flattest water imaginable, learning has never been easier!
  • do: Posters were hung on the walls of cats doing everything imaginable including, of course, the infamous " Hang in there, baby!
  • have: For three hours we had the most perfect conditions imaginable.
  • make: Sigma designs and makes the most beautiful pens imaginable.
  • sell: Along its dark aisles innumerable little shops sold everything imaginable, from matches to precious stones.

Modifies a noun

  • subject: The site features an enormous range of resources on every imaginable subject which is updated several times a day.
  • kind: The room was filled with flowers of every imaginable kind; there was barely room left to walk.
  • topic: There are thousands of mailing lists operated on the Internet on all imaginable topics.
  • sport: Investigations across Europe uncovered EPO use by athletes in every imaginable sport, from skiing to football.
  • aspect: The titles added so far deal with almost all imaginable aspects of London life.
  • way: I cut the ropes off, gently lifted her off the tracks, and we had sex in every imaginable way all afternoon.

Modifying Another Word

  • scarcely: The computer revolution in digital audio has created new possibilities for musical composition and research that were scarcely imaginable a decade ago.
  • barely: Electronic systems design has moved toward a level of hardware-software integration barely imaginable just a few years ago.
  • hardly: We read also that some of them were getting drunk at the Lord's table - it's hardly imaginable!
  • not: But Defense Minister Peter Struck said already last week that a vote in favor was " basically not imaginable anymore.
  • else: For him it is better by far than anything else imaginable.
  • ever: Today also Northern Ireland has seen more peace, stability and progress than was ever imaginable 10 years ago.

Used with adjective complement

  • think: As we sped down the motorway, every thought imaginable ran through my mind.
  • set: Given the most extensive data set imaginable, I cannot reconstruct the world from it.

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