Food & drink pronunciation

imaginary

/ɪˈmædʒɪn(ə)ɹi/

IPA
/ɪˈmædʒɪn(ə)ɹi/ · /ɪˈmædʒɪˌnɛɹi/
Path
/food/imaginary/

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Meaning

noun

Imagination; fancy.

noun

An imaginary quantity.

noun

The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.

adjective

Existing only in the imagination.

“Santa Claus is imaginary.”

adjective

(of a number) Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of the square root of -1.

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