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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERIMAGINATIVE

overimaginative  [ˌəʊvərɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERIMAGINATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overimaginative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERIMAGINATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overimaginative in the English dictionary

The definition of overimaginative in the dictionary is imaginative to a fault.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERIMAGINATIVE


agglutinative
əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv
carminative
ˈkɑːmɪnətɪv
coordinative
kəʊˈɔːdɪnətɪv
denominative
dɪˈnɒmɪnətɪv
determinative
dɪˈtɜːmɪnətɪv
discriminative
dɪˈskrɪmɪnətɪv
dominative
ˈdɒmɪnətɪv
eliminative
ɪˈlɪmɪnətɪv
fascinative
ˈfæsɪnətɪv
germinative
ˈdʒɜːmɪnətɪv
illuminative
ɪˈluːmɪnətɪv
imaginative
ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv
nominative
ˈnɒmɪnətɪv
originative
əˈrɪdʒɪnətɪv
predestinative
priːˈdɛstɪnətɪv
recriminative
rɪˈkrɪmɪnətɪv
ruminative
ˈruːmɪnətɪv
terminative
ˈtɜːmɪnətɪv
unimaginative
ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv
urinative
ˈjʊərɪnətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERIMAGINATIVE

overidealise
overidealize
overidentify
overidle
Overijssel
overimpress
overimpressed
overindulge
overindulgence
overindulgent
overinflate
overinflation
overinform
overingenious
overingenuity
overinked
overinsistent
overinsurance
overinsure
overintense

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERIMAGINATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of overimaginative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overimaginative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERIMAGINATIVE

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The translations of overimaginative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overimaginative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overimaginative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overimaginative
570 millions of speakers

English

overimaginative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overimaginative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overimaginative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overimaginative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overimaginative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overimaginative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overimaginative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lebih imaginatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overimaginative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overimaginative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overimaginative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overimaginative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overimaginative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overimaginative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरिमॅजिनेटिव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overimaginative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overimaginative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overimaginative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overimaginative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overimaginative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overimaginative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overimaginative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overimaginative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overimaginative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overimaginative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERIMAGINATIVE»

The term «overimaginative» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.769 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERIMAGINATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overimaginative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overimaginative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overimaginative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERIMAGINATIVE»

Discover the use of overimaginative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overimaginative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Suburban Strange
I went in and told my parents, but they just thought I was being overimaginative. I guess I am overimaginative.” Mariette was amused and embarrassed by this self- awareness. “But I knew what I had seen, and I kept going back to the bush.
Nathan Kotecki, 2012
2
Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering
And while Amis's novel can be, and has been, enjoyed by men and women, teenagers and adults, Dodie Smith's is very much a book for overimaginative girls . I am not the only overimaginative girl who loved both these books at once.
Wendy Lesser, 2003
3
Popular Science
... ERUPTION. however, does not rest with the correspondent ; it rests with those at home who 'cook up' cable despatches, and with those living in the islands whose nerves are gone and who are thereby in an overimaginative frame of mind .
4
THE GREAT WALL
This malediction, however, was revealed to have been a fabrication, invented by an overimaginative reporter trying to spice up his story. Apart from the unfortunate victim of the mosquito bite, most of the expedition's team members went on to ...
Carlos Rojas, 2010
5
Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast
66 The reassuring idea that sane and right-thinking men had been victimized by superstitious women, overimaginative children, and credulous peasants provided convenient cover for male embarrassment. the useful fiction of the temporary ...
Jay M. Smith, 2011
6
Preaching the New and the Now
Protestants might like to claim that the Reformers, Luther and Calvin, somewhat suspicious with regard to overimaginative biblical interpretation, dropped the practice of allegorizing altogether. In fact, Luther did rail against allegory, calling it ...
David Buttrick, 1998
7
Dead Reckoning
Jerrymanderingwas the word I concocted for Jerry's overimaginative, albeit at times plausible, theories. However, with adequate firsthand experience to restrain my skepticism, I was inclined to consider his allegation. Rolling the empty beer ...
Richard Cibrano, 2008
8
The Finger: A Handbook
On the other hand, it was carefully noted that Homer referred to Laërtes wearing gloves while gardening, which amounts to an essentially faithful but slightly overimaginative gloss on the Odyssey, 24:226–31. Varro thought that olives gathered ...
Angus Trumble, 2010
9
Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott ...
Austin, Texas October 8, 1941 Dear Dobie: Since reading your praying mantis article I have done some diligent research which inclines me to believe that you have something besides folklore or an overimaginative correspondent. Aforesaid  ...
William A. Owens, 2010
10
J. Hillis Miller and the Possibilities of Reading: ...
But the historical significance of the event is in a sense being “turned,” as James says, but not too much, an impulse he ascribes pejoratively to the overimaginative artist. Neither are these “bare facts” being simply related through a transparent ...
Eamonn Dunne, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERIMAGINATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overimaginative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sherlock Reinvents Himself as 'Mr. Holmes'
... pipe-smoking figure now ingrained in the public consciousness was the work of overimaginative dime-novel illustrators. Sherlock Holmes, we ... «AARP News, Jul 15»
2
Welcome to the world's newest country
The power of the internet means that micro-nations no longer just exist in the overimaginative minds of their creators; many enjoy global ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
3
Disturbing Images of Fetuses Reveal the Horrific Toll of Smoking …
Many cautioned against overimaginative interpretations of fetal movements. Dr. Jennifer Niebyl, formerly of the John Hopkins School of ... «Mic, Mar 15»
4
New Paltz High School readies new production of Broadway …
... Big Fish the musical takes place in Alabama in the 20th century and revolves around the relationship between an overimaginative man with ... «New Paltz Times, Mar 15»
5
The Babadook: Reading a Storybook Unleashes a Monster
Amelia reads the book with her troubled and overimaginative boy, ignoring the timeworn horror-movie warning about chanting the name of the ... «Seattle Weekly, Dec 14»
6
Book Excerpt: 'The Miniaturist,' by Jessie Burton
Her mother calls her overimaginative, Nella-in-the-Clouds. The inert shoes lie in anticlimax and Nella simply feels a fool. Outside, two women ... «Wall Street Journal, Aug 14»
7
Shaw Fest's 'The Sea' presents tragedy and comedy on an …
Reid's Ms. Rafi tosses out an endless fusillade of searing little insults – “You always were overimaginative, for a draper,” she tells Hatch ... «Buffalo News, Jul 14»
8
Making shapes square up
All might have gone to plan, from his point of view, had he not been of an overimaginative and somewhat paranoid temperament. Imagining all ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 14»
9
Quidditch: A History
Though the idea of publicly prancing around with a broom between one's legs at first only appealed to overimaginative Potter fanatics, more ... «CU Columbia Spectator, Nov 13»
10
Georgia's billionaire PM wants to give up office, but will he relinquish …
... the country elected a character who seemed to have strolled out of a tale penned by an overimaginative novelist. A reclusive oligarch who ... «The Guardian, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overimaginative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overimaginative>. Apr 2024 ».
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