Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imagining

/ˌɪmˈædʒənɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: imag-in-ing
IPA: /ˌɪmˈædʒənɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.

verb

present participle and gerund of imagine

verb

present participle and gerund of imagin

Example Sentences

"1977, Cat Stevens, (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard in Izitso, Dave Kershenbaum & Cat Stevens, Remember the days of the old schoolyard / When we had imaginings and we had / All kinds of things and we laughed / And needed love […]"
"Stories became part of the human existence, and since those first tales, some bathed in firelight, stories have transported listeners from their ordinary concerns into the world created by the storyteller and their own imaginings."
"Despite my imaginings, disaster was denied over the deep waters of the Hawkesbury."

Inflected Forms

imaginings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce imagining?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪmˈædʒənɪŋ/.
What does imagining mean?: Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.

How to pronounce imagining

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