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imagine

/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/verb3 syllables

Imagine means: expect, believe, or suppose.

Synonyms for imagine12

verb, as in expect, believe, or suppose

think, opine, suppose, reckon, guess

verb, as in form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

conceive of, ideate, envisage

also used for imagine

project, see, fancy, ween

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What does imagine mean?2

verb

1

expect, believe, or suppose“I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel”

2

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case“Can you conceive of him as the president?”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Imagine in a sentence

  • Just imagine: he is a doctor, and yet he is a smoker.soweli_Elepanto
  • I imagine that's what's going to happen the next time, too.CM
  • Damn, can you imagine how badly they smelled?unknown
  • You are ignorant, yet imagine yourself to be very knowledgeable.mailohilohi
  • If you wish for a happy future, you have to imagine it.Ergulis
  • What situation did you imagine, in which someone would say that?carlosalberto
  • If our sun is a dwarf star, imagine how big the others must be.CK
  • If you find haters annoying, imagine how annoying they find you.espamatics

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Forms of imagine

as a verb

past tense
imagined
present participle
imagining
third-person singular
imagines
past participle
imagined