imaginary
gb/ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi/ us/ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi/
B1
انگریزی
~ 5700
معانی
0 معانی
adjective
B1
property
1
not real, only in the mind
Not real; only in your mind, not in the real world.
استعمال کا انداز:
an imaginary [thing/person/place]
عام غلطی:
Learners often confuse "imaginary" with "imaginative". "Imaginary" means not real and only in the mind, while "imaginative" describes a person who has a lot of creative ideas.
ہم معنی الفاظ
fictional (Often used for invented characters or stories in books, films, or games.)
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unreal (Can mean not real in fact, but sometimes focuses more on something seeming strange or unbelievable.)
متضاد الفاظ
real (Emphasizes actual existence in the world, not just in the mind.)
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actual (Stresses that something truly exists or happened, not just in thought or description.)
لفظی تراکیب
imaginary friend
|imaginary world
|purely imaginary
|imaginary line
|imaginary scenario
|largely imaginary
موضوعات
thinking
|perception
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- As a child, she had an imaginary friend who went everywhere with her.
- The danger he described was mostly imaginary, not something we really needed to worry about.
- The story takes place in an imaginary city somewhere in the Pacific.
- He lives in an imaginary world where nothing ever goes wrong.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- Many children talk to an imaginary friend.
- The monster under the bed is imaginary.
- She wrote a story about an imaginary country.
- His fears about losing his job were mostly imaginary.
adjective
technical
C1
property
2
mathematical, involving √−1
In math, used about numbers that include the special value √−1, called i, and are not real numbers.
استعمال کا انداز:
an imaginary [number/part/unit]
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes think "imaginary" in math means the numbers are "fake" or "not important". In fact, imaginary numbers are well-defined and very important in higher mathematics, physics, and engineering.
ہم معنی الفاظ
non-real (Technical term in mathematics meaning not a real number; often used together with "imaginary" when classifying numbers.)
متضاد الفاظ
real (In mathematics, refers to numbers on the real number line, contrasted with imaginary numbers.)
لفظی تراکیب
imaginary number
|imaginary unit
|imaginary part
|imaginary axis
|imaginary component
موضوعات
mathematics
|science
|education
مثالیں
- In this equation, x is a real number and y is an imaginary number.
- Every complex number can be written as a real part plus an imaginary part.
- The imaginary unit, usually written as i, is defined as the square root of minus one.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- In algebra class we learned about imaginary numbers.
- A complex number has a real part and an imaginary part.
- The symbol i is used for the imaginary unit.
اسم
technical
C2
entity
3
an imaginary number in math
In math, an "imaginary" is a number that is a real number times √−1.
استعمال کا انداز:
an imaginary
ہم معنی الفاظ
imaginary number (More explicit and more common in modern textbooks; "imaginary" as a noun is shorter and used in some technical writing.)
متضاد الفاظ
real number (A number that is not imaginary; lies on the continuous number line.)
لفظی تراکیب
a pure imaginary
|positive imaginary
|negative imaginary
|imaginaries and reals
موضوعات
mathematics
|science
|education
مثالیں
- In this context, z is a pure imaginary, with no real part.
- The solution of the equation is not a real number but an imaginary.
- Engineers often work with imaginaries when analyzing alternating current circuits.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- The answer is not a real number; it is an imaginary.
- In higher math, students learn about reals and imaginaries.
- This equation has two solutions, both of them imaginaries.
گرامر
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imaginary
IPA
GB/ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi/
US/ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi/
ہجا بندی اور زور
ima - gin - ary (3 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (gin)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Adjective
- Base: imaginary
Noun
- Base: imaginary
- Plural: imaginaries
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
imaginaries
noun
Core family
Related words
imaginable
adjective
imaginatively
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
unimaginable
adjective C1
unimaginative
adjective
عبارات
imaginary friend
1/ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi fɹˈɛnd/
fixed phrase
a made-up friend in the mind
A friend that someone, especially a child, makes up in their mind and talks or plays with as if the friend is real.
مثالیں
- Their daughter talks to her imaginary friend every night before bed.
- As a child, I had an imaginary friend who went on adventures with me.
imaginary line
1/ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi lˈaɪn/
fixed phrase
a non-physical dividing line
A line that people talk about for maps, borders, or explanations, but that you cannot see or touch in the real world.
مثالیں
- The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth.
- There is an imaginary line between work and home that he tries not to cross with his problems.
imaginary number
1/ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi nˈʌmbɚ/
fixed phrase
technical
number involving √−1 in math
In math, a number that is a real number times √−1, written with the symbol i.
مثالیں
- The equation x² + 1 = 0 has two imaginary numbers as solutions.
- Imaginary numbers are used together with real numbers to form complex numbers.
purely imaginary
1/pjˈʊɹli ɪmˈæd͡ʒɪnˌɛɹi/
fixed phrase
technical
complex number with no real part
In math, used for a complex number that has no real part, only an imaginary part.
مثالیں
- If the real part is zero, the complex number is purely imaginary.
- The solutions to this equation are purely imaginary and lie on the vertical axis of the complex plane.