imaginable

adjective

imag·​in·​able i-ˈma-jə-nə-bəl How to pronounce imaginable (audio)
-ˈmaj-nə-
: capable of being imagined : conceivable
any imaginable location
imaginableness noun
imaginably
i-ˈma-jə-nə-blē How to pronounce imaginable (audio)
-ˈmaj-nə-
adverb

Examples of imaginable in a Sentence

Computers now allow us to do things that were hardly imaginable only a few years ago. The store has fruits of every kind imaginable. We tried every imaginable therapy.
Recent Examples on the Web He’s worked in newsrooms across the U.S., including overseeing the USA TODAY sports department, and covered every sport imaginable, from Little League to the World Series and Olympics. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024 His mother, Jeanne Bernstein, told CBS News his death was beyond difficult in every way imaginable. CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024 Related gallery In pictures: Iowa and South Carolina victorious in women’s Final Four The Iowa Hawkeyes are one win away from running one of the most impressive gauntlets imaginable. Kevin Dotson, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024 The guides, dressed in every imaginable shade of khaki and olive, look at one another, uncertain. Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024 The premise has the boys, the worst soldiers imaginable, coping with being dragooned into the U.S. Army at the start of World War I. Mistakenly delivering kitchen trash to a general’s living room is only the start of their woes. Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024 In Chekhov, wry, mundane, sometimes silly conversations make up the tissue of life onstage; hidden behind this veil is the worst thing imaginable—a life lived without noticing it. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024 In every imaginable circumstance, selling a house with a historically low mortgage rate and buying a more expensive house at a much higher mortgage rate is going to be a bad deal. The Editors, National Review, 25 Mar. 2024 No, just literally the toughest break imaginable for the San Diego Padres. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English ymaginable, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin imāginābilis, from Latin imāginārī "to imagine" + -bilis "capable (of acting) or worthy of (being acted upon)" — more at -able

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of imaginable was in the 15th century

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“Imaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imaginable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

imaginable

adjective
imag·​in·​able im-ˈaj-(ə-)nə-bəl How to pronounce imaginable (audio)
: possible to imagine
any imaginable place
imaginably adverb

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