imaginable Definition
imagi·nable (i maj′i nə bəl)
adjective
that can be imagined
Etymology: ME ymaginable < LL imaginabilis
imaginable Related Forms
imag′i·nably adverb
imaginable Synonyms
imaginable
modif.
Antonyms
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
Browse dictionary entries near imaginable
- ‹ imagery
- ‹ image orthicon
- ‹ image-maker
- ‹ image decimation
- ‹ image
- ‹ IMA
- ‹ im-
- ‹ IM
- ‹ ILS
- ‹ ILOVEYOU virus
- imaginal ›
- imaginary ›
- imaginary number ›
- imaginary part ›
- imaginary unit ›
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- imaginative ›
- imagine ›
- imagined ›
- imaging ›

