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imagine Definition

imag·ine (i majin)

transitive verb -·ined, -·in·ing

  1. to make a mental image of; form an idea or notion of; conceive in the mind; create by the imagination
  2. to suppose; guess; think

Etymology: ME imaginen < OFr imaginer < L imaginari < imago, a likeness, image

intransitive verb

  1. to use the imagination
  2. to suppose; guess; think

imagine Synonyms

imagine

v.

  1. To visualize mentally

    conceive, picture, conjure up, envisage, envision, see in one's mind, invent, fabricate, formulate, devise, think of, make up, conceptualize, dream, nurture, harbor, perceive, fancy, dramatize, pictorialize, image, figure to oneself, create, build castles in the air*; see also visualize.

  2. To suppose

    think, guess, presume, believe; see assume 1.

imagine Usage Examples

Preposition: for

moment: Imagine for a moment that you are a senior official in Iran's foreign ministry.

Object

  • scenario: We all seem to start out with a mindset which imagines the above scenario whenever we see a percentage increased or decreased risk.
  • anyone: At the moment I can't imagine ever meeting anyone else.
  • horror: And with each discovery of that reality will come an impulse to imagine this horror otherwise.
  • scene: You will have to imagine scenes from pulp fiction or ' adult ' comics.
  • someone: Imagine someone, call her Betty, who has very productive talents.
  • conversation: So we have taken the liberty to imagine a conversation of what might have been.

Used with why or when

  • what: I couldn't even begin to imagine what they were going through.
  • why: I just can't imagine why anyone would ever want to play anywhere else, can you?
  • that: I imagine that is something many of us need to do as well.
  • who: I have such a strong image of the characters that I can't begin to imagine who would play them.
  • where: Does anyone have a slightest clue about how to do this as I cannot imagine where to begin.

Present participle complement

  • wake: Imagine waking up to the news that your home will be demolished.
  • sit: Imagine sitting on your own sofa while enjoying the big screen, big sound experience of the cinema.
  • relax: Just imagine relaxing with a good book and a glass of red wine near the traditional pot-belly stove, as autumn leaves dance outside.
  • try: Imagine trying to find a lost Radium needle on a rubbish dump with a gold leaf electroscope!
  • live: Imagine living in a world with the moral rules worked out by John Stuart Mill!
  • listen: Imagine listening to music and watching TV in every room of the house.

Modifying Another Word

  • possibly: She's done more for you than you can possibly imagine!
  • fondly: Also, I had fondly imagined that we would have vast quantities and that we would have made tons of jam.