adjective
- existing only in one’s mind; not real
- relating to or involving the mathematical concept of imaginary numbers
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- The child had an imaginary friend named Bob.
- Dragons are imaginary creatures from fairy tales.
- She created an imaginary world in her novel.
- His fears about the presentation were mostly imaginary.
- The square root of negative one is an imaginary number.
- Students often struggle with imaginary numbers in algebra.