vivid imagination

collocation in English

meaningsofvividandimagination

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vivid
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪv.ɪd/us
/ˈvɪv.ɪd/
Vivid descriptions, memories, etc. produce very clear, powerful, and detailed images in ...
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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 ofvividandimaginationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He is a man ofvividimagination.
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But he has avividimagination.
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We could probably cite other cases where what is thought of as theory is a mixture of supposed science and avividimagination.
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Marcel also has avividimagination.
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The article noted the artist'svividimagination.
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I have a veryvividimagination, but even my imagination falters at that prospect.
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The problem was that it was mostly the product of a fairlyvividimagination.
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If they do, will he use hisvividimaginationto describe failure?
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There is the samevividimagination, cultivated by assiduous practice, and impervious to correction or control.
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He has avividimaginationin addition to many other qualities.
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One does not need avividimaginationto feel horror at the manner of their deaths.
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She also has a short fuse and avividimagination.
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That boy of mine sure has avividimagination.
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It does not need a veryvividimaginationto realise the terrible strain and anguish of those seven years.
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It does not take avividimaginationto work out what the effect of all that would be.
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She is drawn into a conspiracy both fuelled by hervividimaginationand real-world drama.
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He has poetic interests and has avividimaginationin making up stories.
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He had a veryvividimaginationand was a good writer.
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Aviya is a bright girl with avividimagination, yet she is mocked by her peers.
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Moosel has avividimagination, which makes him believe in monsters.
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Thus, he has avividimaginationand has a strong desire to learn things.
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She describes her songs as a collision of autobiography, observation and avividimagination.
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The bowler-hatted, striped-trousered, brolly-carrying, tea-drinking and red-tape-wrapping caricature of the civil servant is a figment of the cartoonists'vividimagination.
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I venture to suggest that the matter becomes complicated when one begins to use hisvividimaginationabout societies and unions.
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I have heard story after story of alterations, and it would really require avividimaginationto invent some of them.
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