pure imagination

collocation in English

meaningsofpureandimagination

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pure
adjective
uk
/pjʊər/us
/pjʊr/
not mixed with ...
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imagination
noun
uk
/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪˌmædʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the ability to form pictures in ...
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(Definition ofpureandimaginationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpure imagination

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His remarks are based not on fact, but onpureimagination.
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It ispureimaginationthat there is any such body in existence.
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Of course that waspureimagination.
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That is a case which ispureimagination, but it is a matter which has to be taken into consideration.
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That is the weak point in the whole of this question of valuation—it must bepureimagination.
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With regard to the cost of the houses, it ispureimagination, and the hope that they will be done cheaper.
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All the perfervid speeches that we read on the subject are mere rhetorical attempts to give some substance topureimagination.
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The vast majority of his work is abstract,pureimagination, original and spontaneous.
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It ispureimaginationand fun, full of character driven action and humor.
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This ispureimagination, a period piece, literate some might say wordy.
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Much of what they contain ispureimagination, mingled and blended with myth, folklore and legend.
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Simpsons stories are believed to have been written based on her own life experiences, however her stories come frompureimaginationand inspiration.
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While some of the pandals are simple structures, others are often elaborate works of art with themes that rely heavily on history, current affairs and sometimespureimagination.
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The schema of sensuous concepts (such as of figures in space) is a product and, as it were, a monogram of thepureimagination"a priori".
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