"imaginative" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/, /-ənətɪv/, /ɪˈmæd͡ʒnətɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-imaginative.wav [US] Forms: more imaginative [comparative], most imaginative [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ymagynatif}} Middle English ymagynatif, {{der|en|frm|imaginatif}} Middle French imaginatif, {{der|en|ML.|imāginātīvus}} Medieval Latin imāginātīvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} imaginative (comparative more imaginative, superlative most imaginative)
  1. Having a lively or creative imagination. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (having a lively imagination): εὐφάνταστος (euphántastos) (Ancient Greek), imaginatiu (Catalan), kekseliäs (Finnish), mielikuvituksellinen (Finnish), mielikuvitusrikas (Finnish), imaginatif (French), imaxinativo [masculine] (Galician), einfallsreich (German), ευφάνταστος (effántastos) (Greek), imaginative (Interlingua), immaginoso [masculine] (Italian), pomysłowy [masculine] (Polish), imaginativo [masculine] (Portuguese), mac-meanmnach (Scottish Gaelic), imaginativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-imaginative-en-adj-ywWQlGb6 Disambiguation of Personality: 99 1 0 Disambiguation of 'having a lively imagination': 92 3 6
  2. Tending to be fanciful or inventive. Translations (tending to be fanciful): خيالي (Arabic), imaginatiu (Catalan), luova (Finnish), mielikuvitusrikas (Finnish), imaginatif (French), imaginative (Interlingua), mac-meanmnach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-imaginative-en-adj-c4~bnjvL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 80 9 Disambiguation of 'tending to be fanciful': 3 93 4
  3. False or imagined. Translations (false or imagined): keksitty (Finnish), kuvitteellinen (Finnish), kuviteltu (Finnish), imaginaire (French), вообража́емый (voobražájemyj) (Russian), мни́мый (mnímyj) (Russian), нереа́льный (nereálʹnyj) (Russian), mac-meanmnach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-imaginative-en-adj--MHm8Um0 Disambiguation of 'false or imagined': 3 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imaginative fiction

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