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noun
- the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
- (uncountable) The state of being unreal.
- ineptitude in dealing with reality.
- the quality possessed by something that is unreal
- Lack of reality or real existence.
- (countable) That which has no reality or real existence; something unreal or imaginary
- Unpractical character; visionariness.
adj
- Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
- Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
- Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
- (mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
- of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
- conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
- constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
noun
- (algebra) A subsemigroup with the property that if any semigroup element outside of it is added to any one of its members, the result must lie outside of it.
- (algebra, order theory, lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
- A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
- (algebra, Lie theory) A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.
- (algebra, ring theory) A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.
- (set theory) A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
- model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
- the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
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verb
adj
- Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
- Positioned high up; elevated.
- (botany) Above the ground.
- (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
- Living or taking place in the air.
- Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- existing or living or growing or operating in the air
noun
- A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
- (gymnastics) A move that involves performing a full rotation while in the air, without touching any equipment such as a balance beam or panel mat with one's hands.
- (computer graphics) A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring.
- (photography) An aerial photograph.
- (chiefly UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
- a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
- an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
noun
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- a cherished desire
- someone or something wonderful
- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
verb
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
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adj
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noun
- (countable) A drinking straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
verb
adj
- Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
- (parapsychology) Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“perception or vision of a living or dead person who is not physically present, often through telepathy”).
- Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom (“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral.
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
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noun
noun
- a mental representation
- outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
- formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
- the act of appearing in public view
- the event of coming into sight
- (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
- The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
- (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
- A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
- (law) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
- The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
- The way something looks; personal presence
- Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
noun
- the state of existing in reality; having substance
- minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- a means of surviving
- Real being; existence.
- Inherency.
- (theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
- Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
- The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
noun
- (figuratively) An illusion.
- An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
- something illusory and unattainable
- an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
verb
noun
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
adj
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
verb
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- the state of being actual or real
- the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
- an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
- (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived
- (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
- An artistic representation of reality as it is.
- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
- (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
noun
- the state of being actual or real
- the quality possessed by something that is real
- the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- The state of being actual or real; realness.
- (broadcasting, attributive) Reality television.
- The real world.
- A real entity, event, or other fact.
- The entirety of all that is real.
noun
- the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
- complete denial of all established authority and institutions
- a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
- (usually uncountable, politics) The rejection of non-proven or non-rationalized assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
- (countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.
- (uncountable, Russia, politics, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Nihilism (“a Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change”).
- (usually uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).
- (uncountable, psychiatry) A delusion that oneself or the world, or parts thereof, have ceased to exist.
- (countable) Something that is regarded as meaningless.
- (usually uncountable) The view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning.
noun
- An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting.
- A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.
- (literature, films) A collection of stories with characters and settings that typically share a continuity but are less interrelated than those of sequels or prequels.
- Everything under consideration.
- (pantheism) A deity who is equivalent to the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
- (mathematics) The set of all things considered.
- The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
- An entity similar to our universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
- (statistics, psychometrics) The set of all admissible observations.
- (marketing, economics) A sample taken from the population.
- everything that exists anywhere
- everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
- (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
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adj
- not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
- Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
- lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
- lacking material form or substance; unreal
- contrived by art rather than nature
- (informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
noun
- (The process of) making unreal, in general; detachment from reality or realness.
- The loosening of the bonds of (an electron) so that it can move freely among a group of atoms; delocalization.
- (psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.
noun
- A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
- A tale of high adventure.
- An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
- A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.
- (music) A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.
- An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
- A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
- A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
- Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
- An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
- A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
- A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.
- a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
- an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
- a relationship between two lovers
- a story dealing with love
verb
- (transitive) To woo; to court.
- (intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
- (intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- make amorous advances towards
- have a love affair with
- tell romantic or exaggerated lies
noun
- an erroneous mental representation
- something many people believe that is false
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
noun
- an erroneous mental representation
- picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- (countable, always in the negative) Followed by of: a bare or mere appearance of something.
- Followed by of: the outward appearance of a person or thing which is different from what the person or thing actually is; also, an outward appearance of a thing which does not actually exist.
- (countable) A person's non-verbal behaviour or demeanour which shows their feelings, thoughts, etc., or which is faked to hide such true feelings, thoughts, etc.
- (countable) The outward appearance or form of a person or thing.
- (countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that looks similar to another person or thing; a likeness.
- Followed by of: the outward appearance of a person or thing when regarded as similar to that of another person or thing.
- (countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that is seen; an apparition, a vision.
noun
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- a vivid mental image
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
- the perceptual experience of seeing
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noun
- (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
- (mathematics, countable) An imaginary number.
- Imagination; fancy.
- (sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.
adj
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
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noun
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Imitation work.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
noun
- the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
- (uncountable) The state of being unreal.
- ineptitude in dealing with reality.
- the quality possessed by something that is unreal
- Lack of reality or real existence.
- (countable) That which has no reality or real existence; something unreal or imaginary
- Unpractical character; visionariness.
noun
- a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality
- a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
- a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
- a cherished desire
- someone or something wonderful
- (countable, figurative) A hope or wish.
- A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy.
- (countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
verb
- experience while sleeping
- have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
- (intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
- (transitive) To envision as an imaginary experience (usually when asleep).
- (intransitive) To consider the possibility (of).
- (intransitive) To daydream.
- (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
adj
noun
adj
noun
- a mental representation
- outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
- pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
- formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
- the act of appearing in public view
- the event of coming into sight
- (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
- The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
- (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
- A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
- (law) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
- The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
- The way something looks; personal presence
- Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
noun
- the state of existing in reality; having substance
- minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
- a means of surviving
- Real being; existence.
- Inherency.
- (theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
- Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
- The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
noun
- (figuratively) An illusion.
- An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
- something illusory and unattainable
- an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
verb
noun
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
adj
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
verb
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
noun
- the state of being actual or real
- the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth
- an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description
- (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived
- (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
- An artistic representation of reality as it is.
- A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
- (philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real: they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them.
- (sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation.
noun
- the state of being actual or real
- the quality possessed by something that is real
- the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
- An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
- The state of being actual or real; realness.
- (broadcasting, attributive) Reality television.
- The real world.
- A real entity, event, or other fact.
- The entirety of all that is real.
noun
- the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal
- complete denial of all established authority and institutions
- a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
- (usually uncountable, politics) The rejection of non-proven or non-rationalized assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
- (countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.
- (uncountable, Russia, politics, historical) Alternative letter-case form of Nihilism (“a Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change”).
- (usually uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).
- (uncountable, psychiatry) A delusion that oneself or the world, or parts thereof, have ceased to exist.
- (countable) Something that is regarded as meaningless.
- (usually uncountable) The view that all endeavours are devoid of objective meaning.
noun
- An imaginary collection of worlds; the general imaginary world within which a work of fiction takes place, broader than its immediate setting.
- A whole world, in the sense of perspective or social setting.
- (literature, films) A collection of stories with characters and settings that typically share a continuity but are less interrelated than those of sequels or prequels.
- Everything under consideration.
- (pantheism) A deity who is equivalent to the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
- (mathematics) The set of all things considered.
- The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos.
- An entity similar to our universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
- (statistics, psychometrics) The set of all admissible observations.
- (marketing, economics) A sample taken from the population.
- everything that exists anywhere
- everything stated or assumed in a given discussion
- (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
name
noun
- (The process of) making unreal, in general; detachment from reality or realness.
- The loosening of the bonds of (an electron) so that it can move freely among a group of atoms; delocalization.
- (psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.
noun
- A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
- A tale of high adventure.
- An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
- A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.
- (music) A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.
- An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
- A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
- A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
- Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
- An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
- A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
- A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.
- a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
- an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
- a relationship between two lovers
- a story dealing with love
verb
- (transitive) To woo; to court.
- (intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
- (intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- make amorous advances towards
- have a love affair with
- tell romantic or exaggerated lies
noun
- an erroneous mental representation
- something many people believe that is false
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
noun
- an erroneous mental representation
- picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- (countable, always in the negative) Followed by of: a bare or mere appearance of something.
- Followed by of: the outward appearance of a person or thing which is different from what the person or thing actually is; also, an outward appearance of a thing which does not actually exist.
- (countable) A person's non-verbal behaviour or demeanour which shows their feelings, thoughts, etc., or which is faked to hide such true feelings, thoughts, etc.
- (countable) The outward appearance or form of a person or thing.
- (countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that looks similar to another person or thing; a likeness.
- Followed by of: the outward appearance of a person or thing when regarded as similar to that of another person or thing.
- (countable) Followed by of: a person or thing that is seen; an apparition, a vision.
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- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- a vivid mental image
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
- the perceptual experience of seeing
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- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Imitation work.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
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- Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
- Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
- Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
- (mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
- of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
- conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
- constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
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- (algebra) A subsemigroup with the property that if any semigroup element outside of it is added to any one of its members, the result must lie outside of it.
- (algebra, order theory, lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
- A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
- (algebra, Lie theory) A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.
- (algebra, ring theory) A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.
- (set theory) A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
- model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
- the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
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- Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary.
- Positioned high up; elevated.
- (botany) Above the ground.
- (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft.
- Living or taking place in the air.
- Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric.
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- existing or living or growing or operating in the air
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- A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
- (gymnastics) A move that involves performing a full rotation while in the air, without touching any equipment such as a balance beam or panel mat with one's hands.
- (computer graphics) A highly-contrasting visual artifact in the form of a band or ring.
- (photography) An aerial photograph.
- (chiefly UK) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
- a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
- an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
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- (countable) A drinking straw.
- A straw owner.
- (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- (figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
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- Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
- (parapsychology) Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“perception or vision of a living or dead person who is not physically present, often through telepathy”).
- Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom (“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral.
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
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- not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
- Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
- lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
- lacking material form or substance; unreal
- contrived by art rather than nature
- (informal) very impressive; amazing; unbelievable; incredible; larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.
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- (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
- (mathematics, countable) An imaginary number.
- Imagination; fancy.
- (sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.
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- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.