imagine

Verb

1. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
2. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
3. (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
4. (transitive) To conjecture; to guess.
5. (transitive) To use one's imagination.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
7. (Internet, sarcastic, transitive) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.

Noun

A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈmæ.d͡ʒɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ymagynen

In summary

From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Synonyms

think

🤔

fancy

suppose

conceive

visualize

dream

😴💭

guess

envisage

consider

reckon

fantasize

envision

assume

picture

believe

expect

figure

conjecture

picture to oneself

surmise

see

👀

image

ideate

conceive of

visualise

conjure up

hope

realize

invent

opine

devise

remember

dream up

feel

deem

fantasise

estimate

see in imagination

suspect

arrange

idea

💡

anticipate

reflect

conceptualize

presume

think about

daydream

conceit

express

manage

Translations

imaginer

immaginare

imaginar

sich vorstellen

imaginar

φαντάζομαι

vorstellen

pensare

🤔

imaginar

figurarsi

immaginarsi

تخيل

bedenken

einbilden

zich verbeelden

Sentences

Can you imagine that ?

One can imagine these two , covered with sand , running up the little street in the bright sunlight .