unimaginable
gb/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/ us/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
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Engels
felfoghatatlan, elképzelhetetlen
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Gebruikspatroon:
unimaginable + [noun]
The earthquake caused unimaginable destruction across the region.
A földrengés az egész térségben felfoghatatlan pusztítást okozott.
She felt unimaginable relief when she heard everyone was safe.
Amikor meghallotta, hogy mindenki biztonságban van, leírhatatlan megkönnyebbülést érzett.
They lived in unimaginable luxury compared with the rest of the town.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
The heat was unimaginable.
A hőség felfoghatatlan volt.
He went through unimaginable pain.
Felfoghatatlan fájdalmon ment keresztül.
Veelgemaakte fout:
Do not confuse with unimaginative (not creative) or unimaginable (the opposite of imaginable).
Betekenis
extremely great or severe
Woordcombinaties
unimaginable pain
|unimaginable suffering
|unimaginable hardship
|unimaginable horror
|unimaginable destruction
|unimaginable loss
|unimaginable wealth
|unimaginable scale
|unimaginable pressure
|unimaginable opportunity
Synoniemen
inconceivable (Often suggests something is hard to believe as well as hard to imagine.)
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unthinkable (Often implies something is shocking or unacceptable to consider.)
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mind-boggling (More informal and focuses on being astonishing.)
Antoniemen
imaginable (Possible to picture or consider.)
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conceivable (Possible to believe or accept as possible.)
Thema's
emotions
|intensifiers
|evaluation
Definitie
extremely big, bad, good, or surprising—more than you can imagine
So great, intense, or extreme that it is hard to imagine or fully understand.
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Gebruikspatroon:
unimaginable to [someone] | it is unimaginable that [clause]
Life without the internet is almost unimaginable to many teenagers.
Sok tinédzser számára az internet nélküli élet szinte elképzelhetetlen.
It was unimaginable that the small startup would become a global brand.
Elképzelhetetlen volt, hogy a kis startupból globális márka legyen.
The distances involved in space travel are still largely unimaginable to most of us.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
It is unimaginable that he lied.
Elképzelhetetlen, hogy hazudott.
This kind of technology was unimaginable fifty years ago.
Ötven évvel ezelőtt ez a fajta technológia elképzelhetetlen volt.
Veelgemaakte fout:
In this sense, it usually refers to a real limit of imagination, not just strong emphasis.
Betekenis
impossible to picture mentally
Woordcombinaties
unimaginable to most people
|almost unimaginable
|virtually unimaginable
|seem unimaginable
|become unimaginable
Synoniemen
beyond imagining (A close synonym that is often used as a phrase.)
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unfathomable (Emphasizes something cannot be fully understood.)
Antoniemen
imaginable (Possible to picture or form an idea of.)
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thinkable (Possible to consider as an idea.)
Thema's
thinking
|communication
Definitie
not possible to imagine
Not able to be imagined or pictured in the mind, especially because there is no familiar point of reference.
Grammatica
Lemmavorm
unimaginable
IPA
GB/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
US/ˌʌnɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/
Lettergrepen en klemtoon
un - ima - gin - able (4 lettergrepen)
Stress on 3rd syllable (gin)
Woordvormen
Adjective
- Base: unimaginable
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