imaginable
adjective/ɪˈmædʒɪnəbl/
/ɪˈmædʒɪnəbl/
- used with superlatives, and with all and every, to emphasize that something is the best, worst, etc. that you can imagine, or includes every possible example
- The house has the most spectacular views imaginable.
- They stock every imaginable type of pasta.
- Each trainee must be able to respond effectively to all imaginable crises.
Extra Examples- It was the most boring movie imaginable!
- They had every colour imaginable.
- They live in the worst conditions imaginable.
- He used the worst type of language imaginable.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- …
- the best… imaginable
- the most… imaginable
- the worst… imaginable
- …
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- possible to imagine
- These technological developments were hardly imaginable 30 years ago.
Extra Examples- To such poor people, the idea of having a choice of food is barely imaginable.
- What those prisoners went through is hardly imaginable.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- …
- the best… imaginable
- the most… imaginable
- the worst… imaginable
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin imaginabilis, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.
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imaginable