imagine (ɪˈmædʒɪn
)
Definitions
verb
- (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; assume ⇒
I imagine he'll come
- (tr; takes a clause as object) to believe or assume without foundation ⇒
he imagines he knows the whole story
- an archaic word for plot1
sentence substitute
imagine that! an exclamation of surprise
Alternative Forms
imˈaginable adjective imˈaginably adverb imˈaginer nounWord Origin
C14: from Latin imāginārī to fancy, picture mentally, from imāgō likeness; see imageSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
envisage,
see,
picture,
plan,
create,
project,
think of,
scheme,
frame,
invent,
devise,
conjure up,
envision,
visualize,
dream up,
think up,
conceive of,
conceptualize,
fantasize about see in the mind's eye form a mental picture of
ideate,
Translations
- British English:
imagine
If you imagine a situation, your mind forms a picture or idea of it.He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.ɪˈmædʒɪn VERB He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
- Spanish:
imaginar
v
- French:
imaginer
vt
- German: vorstellen (sich) v
- Chinese: 想象 v
- Arabic: يَتَخَيَّلُ vt
- Portuguese: imaginar v
- Russian: воображать v
- Croatian: zamisliti v
- Czech: představit (si) v představovat (si)
- Danish: forestille (sig) v
- Dutch: verbeelden (zich) v
- Finnish: kuvitella v
- Greek: φαντάζομαι v
- Italian: immaginare v
- Japanese: 想像する v
- Korean: 상상하다 v
- Norwegian: forestille (seg) v
- Polish: wyobrazić sobie v wyobrażać sobie
- Brazilian Portuguese: imaginar v
- European Spanish:
imaginar
v
- Swedish: föreställa sig v
- Thai: วาดมโนภาพ v
- Turkish: hayal etmek v
- Vietnamese: tưởng tượng v
Usage examples
I should imagine half the State Department had never heard of him till the President submitted his name.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)So we can't begin to imagine how Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) feels after counting sheep for an entire year.
Maxim (2004)You could imagine both men standing next to open graves, like an artist's impression of the Last Judgment.
Irish Times (2002)I can only imagine the medical consequences to be sustained tuning in for the three-hour haul five nights a week!
Glasgow Herald (2001)What we vividly imagine , ardently desire, enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass.
, THORSONS WAY OF - PALMISTRY (2002)