imagine
Plural: imagines
Verb
Verb Forms: imagined, imagining, imagines
- To form a mental concept or picture; to conceive.
- form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- expect, believe, or suppose
- "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"
- To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- To assume; to suppose.
- To conjecture; to guess.
- To use one's imagination.
- To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
- 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.
Examples
- I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
- I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
- Imagine that we were siblings.
- Imagine thinking that would work.
- Imagine yourself in a packed airport lounge.
- She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
- The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
- There's nothing there; you're just imagining things.
- Try to imagine a pink elephant.
- You can IMAGINE the possibilities when you have all seven tiles ready for a bingo.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Synonyms
conceive of, envisage, guess, ideate, opine, reckon, suppose, think, fancy, project, see, ween
Scrabble Score: 10
imagine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordimagine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
imagine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary