imagine
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
to think, believe, or fancy: He imagined the house was haunted.
to assume; suppose: I imagine they'll be here soon.
to conjecture; guess: I cannot imagine what you mean.
Archaic. to plan, scheme, or plot.
to form mental images of things not present to the senses; use the imagination.
to suppose; think; conjecture.
Origin of imagine
1synonym study For imagine
Other words for imagine
Other words from imagine
- i·mag·in·er, noun
- pre·im·ag·ine, verb (used with object), pre·im·ag·ined, pre·im·ag·in·ing.
- re·i·mag·ine, verb (used with object), re·i·mag·ined, re·i·mag·in·ing.
- un·im·ag·ined, adjective
- well-i·mag·ined, adjective
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How to use imagine in a sentence
A new book from Mallory Ortberg imagines what literary legends including King Lear and Jane Eyre would have texted.
He also imagines her dancing a sexually aggressive spotlit dance.
In Defense of American Apparel: Why a Hitched-Up Skirt Barely Conceals a Profound Social Confusion | Tim Teeman | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe hybrid alliance is something of a Frankenstein monster where every arm imagines itself the brain.
Most bravely perhaps, Maka, 45, imagines some comedic moments.
The Surprisingly Good Flight 370 Novel: Author Scott Maka Defends His Controversial Book | Tim Teeman | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn those anonymous italics again, Kibbe imagines unnamed folks saying, “Check this out: This senator is speaking truth to power.”
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The unindustrious pupil imagines that “p” represents 8, and not “f” or “v,” and translates 1845 into “To pour oil” .
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)A shallow mind thinks his writings divine; a man of sense imagines he writes tolerably well.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyreImagines much trouble with automobile, talk very technical & can't make head or tail of it.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerSubsequent adjustment may not be as satisfactory as she imagines it to be.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.The traveler to whom St. Petersburg is unknown, imagines the city as ancient, picturesque and irregular.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
British Dictionary definitions for imagine
/ (ɪˈmædʒɪn) /
(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; assume: I imagine he'll come
(tr; takes a clause as object) to believe or assume without foundation: he imagines he knows the whole story
an archaic word for plot 1
Also: imagine that! an exclamation of surprise
Origin of imagine
1Derived forms of imagine
- imaginable, adjective
- imaginably, adverb
- imaginer, noun
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