IMAGINATION

[noun]What a wonderful/fertile imagination (= ability to form mental pictures or ideas) he must have, to have written such spellbinding stories. [C]So many boring new buildings reveal a complete lack of imagination on the part of their architects. [U]The story of the hostages captured the nation's imagination (= was very interesting and so people gave it a lot of attention). [C]The photos of Marilyn naked leave nothing to the imagination (= show everything). [U]He couldn't by any stretch of the imagination be called a handsome man (= He's certainly not handsome). [U]He thought he was being followed, but it was all in the/his imagination (= not real; imaginary). [U]A person's imagination is also their ability to deal with difficulties and think of solutions to problems.Don't despair - it just needs a bit of imagination!Is it my imagination, or have you lost weight? (= It seems to me that you have lost weight.)