imagine

i·mag·ine

Use imagine in a sentence

An artist imagines her next work.

verb

To imagine is defined as to make a guess at or make a mental image of something.

An example of to imagine is envisioning all people living peacefully.

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imagine

transitive verb

-·ined, -·in·ing

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

Origin of imagine

Middle English imaginen from Old French imaginer from Classical Latin imaginari from imago, a likeness, image

to use the imagination
to suppose; guess; think

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imagine

verb

i·mag·ined, i·mag·in·ing, i·mag·ines

verb

transitive

To form a mental picture or image of: imagined a better life abroad.
To think or suppose; conjecture: I imagine you're right.
To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy or believe: She imagines herself to be a true artist.

verb

intransitive

To employ the imagination.
To have a belief or make a guess.

Origin of imagine

Middle English imaginen from Old French imaginer from Latin imāginārī from imāgō imāgin- image ; see aim- in Indo-European roots.

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i·mag′in·er
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Verb

(third-person singular simple present imagines, present participle imagining, simple past and past participle imagined)

To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
Try to imagine a pink elephant.
To believe in something created by one's own mind.
She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
To assume.
I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
To conjecture or guess.
I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
(intransitive) To use one's imagination.
Imagine that we were siblings.