imaginable

imaginable
[[t]ɪmæ̱ʤɪnəb(ə)l[/t]]
1) ADJ: adj-superl n ADJ, adj-superl ADJ n (emphasis) You use imaginable after a superlative such as `best' or `worst' to emphasize that something is extreme in some way.

...their imprisonment under some of the most horrible circumstances imaginable...

He could not disguise that he had had the worst imaginable day for any minister.

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2) ADJ: ADJ n, n ADJ (emphasis) You use imaginable after a word like `every' or `all' to emphasize that you are talking about all the possible examples of something. You use imaginable after `no' to emphasize that something does not have the quality mentioned.

...all of the other imaginable ramifications of this technology...

Parents encourage every activity imaginable.

...a place of no imaginable strategic value.

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  • imaginable — [ imaʒinabl ] adj. • 1295; bas lat. imaginabilis ♦ Que l on peut imaginer, concevoir. ⇒ concevable. Toutes les couleurs possibles et imaginables. Cela n était pas imaginable autrefois. ⇒ pensable. « Toutes les tuiles imaginables me tombent sur la …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • imaginable — Imaginable. adj. de t. g. Qu on peut s imaginer, se persuader. Il n est pas imaginable qu un homme si sage ait fait cette folie. cela est il imaginable? Il signifie aussi, Ce dont on peut s adviser, qui est possible. Je chercheray tous les moyens …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Imaginable — Im*ag i*na*ble, a. [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] Capable of being imagined; conceivable. [1913 Webster] Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. Tillotson. {Im*ag i*na*ble*ness}, n. {Im*ag i*na*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • imaginable — (adj.) late 14c., ymaginable, from O.Fr. imaginable and directly from L.L. imaginabilis, from L. imaginari (see IMAGINE (Cf. imagine)). Related: Imaginably …   Etymology dictionary

  • imaginable — index plausible, possible, potential, prospective, viable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • imaginable — imaginative, imaginal, imaginary Analogous words: realized or realizable, conceived or conceivable, imagined, envisaged, envisioned (see corresponding verbs at THINK) Antonyms: unimaginable, inconceivable …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • imaginable — meaning ‘able to be imagined’, is spelt without an e in the middle …   Modern English usage

  • imaginable — [adj] believable, possible apprehensible, calculable, comprehensible, conceivable, conjecturable, convincing, credible, likely, plausible, sensible, supposable, thinkable, under the sun*; concepts 529,552 Ant. impossible, improbable,… …   New thesaurus

  • imaginable — (Del lat. imaginabĭlis). adj. Que se puede imaginar …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • imaginable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ possible to be thought of or believed. DERIVATIVES imaginably adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • imaginable — [i maj′i nə bəl] adj. [ME ymaginable < LL imaginabilis] that can be imagined imaginably adv …   English World dictionary

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