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
Synonyms for imagine
Examples from the Web for reimagine
Contemporary Examples of reimagine
The cult of corporatism allows us to reimagine the corporation as our ultimate access point to the infinitude of possibility.
No doubt another Broadway generation will one day find a different, equally exciting way to reimagine this classic.
The students really learn to read, criticize, and reimagine works of history.
And we are defined by a democratic discourse that allows each generation to reimagine and renew our union once more.
He had the foresight to reimagine the American department store.
imagine
- (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
- Also: imagine that! an exclamation of surprise
Word Origin for imagine
Word Origin and History for reimagine
imagine
mid-14c., "to form a mental image of," from Old French imaginer "sculpt, carve, paint; decorate, embellish" (13c.), from Latin imaginari "to form a mental picture to oneself, imagine" (also, in Late Latin imaginare "to form an image of, represent"), from imago (see image). Sense of "suppose" is first recorded late 14c. Related: Imagined; imagining.