Collocations for imagination - noun
ADJ.
great | active, creative, fertile, vivid | fevered, overactive, overheated
It''s just a product of your fevered imagination!
It''s just a product of your fevered imagination!
collective, popular, public
a popular hero who inspired the collective imagination
a popular hero who inspired the collective imagination
visual
I was no good at art - I have a very poor visual imagination.
I was no good at art - I have a very poor visual imagination.
historical, literary
It requires a strong effort of historical imagination to understand the Roman attitude to death.
It requires a strong effort of historical imagination to understand the Roman attitude to death.
human
the powers of the human imagination
the powers of the human imagination
VERB + IMAGINATION
have | show | lack
Today''s pop music lacks imagination.
Today''s pop music lacks imagination.
require, take
It does not take great imagination to guess what happened next.
It does not take great imagination to guess what happened next.
use
I haven''t got a picture of this so you''ll just have to use your imagination.
I haven''t got a picture of this so you''ll just have to use your imagination.
capture, captivate, catch, excite, fire, inspire, seize, stimulate, stir
Victorian writers fired the popular imagination with their tales of adventure.
Victorian writers fired the popular imagination with their tales of adventure.
grip, hold
Dinosaurs caught and have held the imagination of us all because they seem like dragons.
Dinosaurs caught and have held the imagination of us all because they seem like dragons.
stretch, tax | defy
The scale of the disaster defied imagination (= was greater than you could imagine).
The scale of the disaster defied imagination (= was greater than you could imagine).
leave sth to
As for their reaction, I''ll leave that to your imagination!
As for their reaction, I''ll leave that to your imagination!
IMAGINATION + VERB
conjure sth up
His imagination conjured up a vision of the normal family life he had never had.
His imagination conjured up a vision of the normal family life he had never had.
run away with you, run riot/wild
PREP.
beyond (your) ~
misery that is beyond most people''s imagination
misery that is beyond most people''s imagination
in the/your ~
Nobody hates you - it''s all in your imagination!
Nobody hates you - it''s all in your imagination!
with/without ~
He was totally without imagination.
He was totally without imagination.
PHRASES
a lack of imagination, a figment/product of sb''s imagination
The figure vanished as silently as if it had simply been a figment of her imagination.
The figure vanished as silently as if it had simply been a figment of her imagination.
not by any/by no stretch of the imagination
Not by any stretch of the imagination could she be called beautiful (= she was definitely not beautiful in any way).
Not by any stretch of the imagination could she be called beautiful (= she was definitely not beautiful in any way).
only your imagination
Is it only my imagination or have you lost weight?
Is it only my imagination or have you lost weight?
with a little imagination
With a little imagination you can create a delicious meal from yesterday''s leftovers.
With a little imagination you can create a delicious meal from yesterday''s leftovers.