BY NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION

Meaning of BY NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION in English

➡ not by any stretch of the imagination

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IMAGINATION — n imagination (1. act of imagining or picturing in the mind; 2. power of imagination)
Interlingua English vocab
IMAGINATION — imahinasyon;mugna sa hunahuna;paghanduraw
English-Visayan vocabulary
IMAGINATION — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, imaginatio, from imaginari Date: 14th century the act or power of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRETCH — I. ˈstrech verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English strecchen, strechen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old Frisian strekka …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMAGINATION — ə̇ˌmajəˈnāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English imaginacioun, from Middle French imagination, from Latin imagination-, imaginatio, from imaginatus (past …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IMAGINATION — (n.) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.
Английский словарь Webster
IMAGINATION — (n.) The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the …
Английский словарь Webster
IMAGINATION — (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually …
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IMAGINATION — (n.) The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; …
Английский словарь Webster
IMAGINATION — ( n. ) A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — — stretchable , adj. — stretchability , n. /strech/ , v.t. 1. to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
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IMAGINATION — — imaginational , adj. /i maj'euh nay"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRETCH — I. ˈstrech verb Etymology: Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan to stretch, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
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BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
IMAGINATION — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin imagination-, imaginatio, from imaginari Date: 14th century 1. : the act or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRETCH — noun the extent to which anything may be stretched. 2. stretch ·noun course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of …
Webster English vocab
IMAGINATION — noun a mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. 2. imagination …
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
Webster English vocab
STRETCH — [stretch] vb [ME strecchen, fr. OE streccan; akin to OHG strecchan to stretch, OE straec firm, severe] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IMAGINATION — [imag.i.na.tion] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L imagination-, imaginatio, fr. imaginari] (14c) 1: the act or power of forming a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
IMAGINATION — imagination BrE AmE ɪ ˌmædʒ ɪ ˈneɪʃ ə n -ə- ▷ imagination|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STRETCH — / stretʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MAKE BIGGER / LOOSER 1. to make sth longer, wider or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IMAGINATION — / ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] the ability to create pictures in your mind; the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — / baɪ; NAmE / preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. near sb/sth; at the side of sb/sth; beside sb/sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRETCH — I. stretch 1 S3 W3 /stretʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: streccan ] 1 . MAKE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
IMAGINATION — i ‧ ma ‧ gi ‧ na ‧ tion S3 W3 /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃ ə n, ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BY — I. by 1 S1 W1 /baɪ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: be , bi ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRETCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRETCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BY — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRETCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. & intr. draw or be drawn or admit of being drawn out into greater …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
BY — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. near, beside, in the region of (stand by the door; sit by me; path …
Oxford English vocab
STRETCH — ( stretches, stretching, stretched) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IMAGINATION — ( imaginations) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your imagination is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BY — The preposition is pronounced /baɪ/. The adverb is pronounced /baɪ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRETCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a queue stretches somewhere ▪ The queue stretched the full length of the building. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IMAGINATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an active imagination (= when someone is able to form pictures or ideas easily ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRETCH — (REACH) [verb] - to cause (something) to reach as far as possibleA woman has died after being knocked from her …
Cambridge English vocab
IMAGINATION — [noun]What a wonderful/fertile imagination (= ability to form mental pictures or ideas) he must have, to have written such spellbinding …
Cambridge English vocab
IMAGINATION — n. Function: noun the power or function of the mind by which mental images are formed or the exercise of …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
IMAGINATION — noun the power or function of the mind by which mental images are formed or the exercise of that power …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRETCH — I. noun 1 area of land or water ADJECTIVE ▪ great , huge , large , long , open , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
IMAGINATION — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ active , creative , fertile , lively , rich , strong , vivid ▪ fevered …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NO — INDEX: 1. ways of saying no to a question, request, or suggestion 2. to say no to a question, request …
Longman Activator English vocab
IMAGINATION — See ↑ IMAGINE 5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ by any/by no stretch of the imagination • ↑ figment of your imagination
Longman Activator English vocab
STRETCH — n. 25B6; verb this material stretches : BE ELASTIC, be stretchy, be tensile. he stretched the elastic : PULL (OUT), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
IMAGINATION — n. 25B6; noun a vivid imagination : CREATIVE POWER, fancy; informal mind's eye. you need imagination in dealing with these …
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STRETCH — v. 1 extend, reach; span, spread Her memory stretches back to the first World War His Texas ranch stretches as …
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