You use imaginable after a superlative such as 'best' or 'worst' to emphasize that something is extreme in some way.
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...their imprisonment under some of the most horrible circumstances imaginable.
He could not disguise that he had had the worst imaginable day for any minister.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, noun ADJECTIVE]
You use imaginable after a word like 'every' or 'all' to emphasize that you are talking about all the possible examples of something. You use imaginable after 'no' to emphasize that something does not have the quality mentioned.
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...all of the other imaginable ramifications of this technology.
Parents encourage every activity imaginable.
...a place of no imaginable strategic value.
Synonyms: possible, conceivable, likely, credible More Synonyms of imaginable
imaginable in American English
(ɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl)
adjective
that can be imagined
Derived forms
imaginably (iˈmaginably)
adverb
Word origin
ME ymaginable < LL imaginabilis
Examples of 'imaginable' in a sentence
imaginable
This barely imaginable feat was undertaken in foot convoys.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You have both let your wife down in the worst way imaginable.
The Sun (2012)
Each has entailed investment on a scarcely imaginable scale.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The anxiety and worry is barely imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was one of the hardest things imaginable not to cry along with them.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
It is the most bitterly annoying thing imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His initial thought was that programming in insurance represented a combination of two of the most boring things imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was a barely imaginable catastrophe.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It might be a similar size to Earth but it is also the most hellish place imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is, and it came to light in the strangest manner imaginable.
Francis Pryor BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003)
You've let your girlfriend down in the worst way imaginable.
The Sun (2013)
It offers rare insights into how a country survives in terrible conditions and how decent people are corrupted by witnessing barely imaginable horrors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is barely imaginable that he could go straight into a Test match without match practice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
To them, opening up to trust another human being is the most terrifying thing imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The Ohio gang used its power in the most corrupt way imaginable.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
I am heaved back on in the most ungainly manner imaginable and we make our way past the cheering spectators.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was once barely imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The stress upon the burial crews, who have no trauma counselling, is scarcely imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If all else fails, and the appointment means enough to you, use any means imaginable to gain your objective.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
I lived for a long time on Ibiza and for ten months of the year it's the most tranquil place imaginable.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
imaginable
British English: imaginable ADJECTIVE
You use imaginable after a superlative such as 'best' or 'worst' to emphasize that something is extreme in some way.
...their imprisonment under some of the most horrible circumstances imaginable.
American English: imaginable
Brazilian Portuguese: imaginável
Chinese: 可想像的 >常与best、worst等形容词最高级连用表示强调
European Spanish: imaginable
French: imaginable
German: vorstellbar
Italian: immaginabile
Japanese: 極度の
Korean: 상상할 수 있는
European Portuguese: imaginável
Latin American Spanish: imaginable
(adjective)
They encourage every activity imaginable.
Synonyms
possible
It's just possible that he was trying to put me off the trip.
conceivable
It is just conceivable that a single survivor may be found.
likely
It's likely that he still has it.
credible
This claim seems perfectly credible to me.
plausible
That explanation seems entirely plausible to me.
believable
believable evidence
under the sun
comprehensible
thinkable
At the same time, language makes thinkable the unreal and unreasonable.
within the bounds of possibility
supposable
Opposites
impossible
,
unlikely
,
incredible
,
unbelievable
,
unthinkable
,
inconceivable
,
incomprehensible
,
unimaginable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of believable
believable evidence
Synonyms
credible,
possible,
likely,
acceptable,
reliable,
authentic,
probable,
plausible,
imaginable,
trustworthy,
creditable
in the sense of conceivable
Definition
capable of being understood, believed, or imagined
It is just conceivable that a single survivor may be found.