imagine
[ ih-maj-in ]
/ ɪˈmædʒ ɪn /
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verb (used with object), im·ag·ined, im·ag·in·ing.
verb (used without object), im·ag·ined, im·ag·in·ing.
to form mental images of things not present to the senses; use the imagination.
to suppose; think; conjecture.
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envision, figure, devise, frame, fancy, fantasy, envisage, visualize, create, feature, scheme, image, picture, form, perceive, depict, fantasize, plan, spark, realize
Nearby words
- imaginary number,
- imaginary part,
- imaginary unit,
- imagination,
- imaginative,
- imagineer,
- imagineering,
- imaging,
- imagism,
- imagists
Origin of imagine
1300–50; Middle English imaginen < Middle French imaginer < Latin imāginārī, equivalent to imāgin- (stem of imāgō) image + -ā- thematic vowel + -rī infinitive ending
SYNONYMS FOR imagine
1. image, picture. Imagine, conceive, conceive of, realize refer to bringing something before the mind. To imagine is, literally, to form a mental image of something: to imagine yourself in London. To conceive is to form something by using one's imagination: How has the author conceived the first act of his play? To conceive of is to comprehend through the intellect something not perceived through the senses: Wilson conceived of a world free from war. To realize is to make an imagined thing real or concrete to oneself, to grasp fully its implications: to realize the extent of one's folly.
imago
[ ih-mey-goh, ih-mah- ]
/ ɪˈmeɪ goʊ, ɪˈmɑ- /
noun, plural i·ma·goes, i·ma·gi·nes [ih-mey-guh-neez, ih-mah-] /ɪˈmeɪ gəˌniz, ɪˈmɑ-/.
Entomology. an adult insect.
Psychoanalysis. an idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.
Origin of imago
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imagine
/ (ɪˈmædʒɪn) /
verb
(when tr, may take a clause as object) to form a mental image of
(when tr, may take a clause as object) to think, believe, or guess
(tr; takes a clause as object) to suppose; assumeI imagine he'll come
(tr; takes a clause as object) to believe or assume without foundationhe imagines he knows the whole story
an archaic word for plot 1
sentence substitute
Also: imagine that! an exclamation of surprise
Word Origin for imagine
C14: from Latin imāginārī to fancy, picture mentally, from imāgō likeness; see image
imago
/ (ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ) /
noun plural imagoes or imagines (ɪˈmædʒəˌniːz)
an adult sexually mature insect produced after metamorphosis
psychoanal an idealized image of another person, usually a parent, acquired in childhood and carried in the unconscious in later life
Word Origin for imago
C18: New Latin, from Latin: likeness; see image
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imago
[ ĭ-mā′gō, ĭ-mä′- ]
n. pl. i•ma•goes
An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.
An often idealized image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood.
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imago
[ ĭ-mā′gō ]
Plural imagoes imagines (ĭ-mā′gə-nēz′)
An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis. Compare larva nymph pupa.
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