a vivid imagination

  • 21vivid — (adj.) 1630s, from L. vividus spirited, animated, lively, from vivus alive, from PIE *gwei (see VITAL (Cf. vital)). Extension to colors is first recorded 1660s. Sense of strong, distinct (as of memories, etc.) is from 1680s; that of very active… …

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  • 22imagination — i|ma|gi|na|tion W3S3 [ıˌmædʒıˈneıʃən] n 1.) [U and C] the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind ▪ You don t have to use your imagination when you re watching television. ▪ Children often have very vivid imaginations . ▪ There is a lack… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23imagination — n. 1) to excite, fire smb. s imagination 2) to use one s imagination 3) to defy, stagger, stir smb. s imagination 4) an active, lively, vivid; creative; feeble; wild imagination 5) a figment of smb. s imagination 6) the imagination to + inf.… …

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  • 24imagination — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ active, creative, fertile, lively, rich, strong, vivid ▪ fevered …

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  • 25imagination — noun 1 (C, U) the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind: Children often have very vivid imaginations. | With a little imagination, he could visualize the old house as a luxury hotel. 2 (U) something that is caused only by your mind, and… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26vivid — /ˈvɪvəd / (say vivuhd) adjective 1. strikingly bright, as colour, light, objects, etc.: a vivid green. 2. strikingly alive; full of life: a vivid personality. 3. lively or intense, as feelings, etc. 4. vigorous, as activities, etc. 5. lively, or… …

  • 27Embodied Imagination — is a therapeutic and creative form of working with dreams and memories pioneered by Robert Bosnak and based on principles first developed by Carl Jung, especially in his work on alchemy, and on the work of James Hillman, who focused on soul as a… …

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  • 28vividly — vivid viv id (v[i^]v [i^]d), a. [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See {Quick}, a., and cf. {Revive}, {Viand}, {Victuals}, {Vital}.] 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29vividness — vivid viv id (v[i^]v [i^]d), a. [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See {Quick}, a., and cf. {Revive}, {Viand}, {Victuals}, {Vital}.] 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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