See Also: two-time(dictionary)
one-time(dictionary)
old-time(dictionary)
Time(medicine)
Time(money)
time(2)(dictionary)
Just in Time(money)
just-in-time(dictionary)
time(dictionary)
Time value(money)

imagination (oh) and just-in-time (oh)


imagination (oh)



[U and C] the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind
::You don't have to use your imagination when you're watching Television.
::Children often have very vivid imaginations .
:: There is a lack of imagination in the way the furniture is displayed.
::It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of their grief.
::These ancient objects must have fired his imagination .
:: With a little imagination , you can find great inexpensive Christmas gifts.
be (a figment of) sb's imagination
to be something that someone imagines, not something that really exists or happens
::Did you hear that noise, or was it my imagination?
::These people do exist; they're not figments of my imagination.
in sb's imagination
only existing or happening in someone's mind, not in real life
::For the refugees, Home exists only in their imagination.
capture/catch sb's imagination
to make people feel very interested and excited
::American Football really captured the imagination of the British public.
leave sth to sb's imagination
to deliberately not describe something because you think someone can guess or imagine it
::Mercifully, the writer leaves most of the physical horrors to our imagination.
leave little/nothing to the imagination
a) if someone's clothes leave little or nothing to the imagination, the clothes are very thin or are worn in a way that shows the person's body
::Her black satin dress left nothing to the imagination.
b) if something sexual or violent is described in a way that leaves nothing to the imagination, it is described in too much detail
use your imagination
spoken used to tell someone that they can easily guess the answer to a question, so you should not need to tell them
-see also not by any stretch of the imagination at stretch 2 (4)
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
use your imagination
vivid/fertile/creative imagination (=when you have many pictures and ideas in your mind)
overactive imagination (=when you imagine things that are very unlikely)
lack of imagination
something takes imagination
stretch somebody's/the imagination (=make someone imagine something very unlikely)
fire somebody's imagination (=make someone eager to use their imagination)
with a little imagination

just-in-time (oh)



adj [only before noun] technical
if goods are produced or bought using a just-in-time system, they are produced or bought just before they are needed so that the company does not have to store things for a long time
::just-in-time manufacturing methods