imagine
Syllables: i·ma·gine/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/
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New Zealand/ɘˈmɛd͡ʒ.ɘn/
imagine verb: to form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
Verb
imagine (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.
- Imagine yourself in a packed airport lounge.
- To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
- There's nothing there; you're just imagining things.
- Synonyms:
- fancy
- To assume; to suppose.
- I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
- To conjecture; to guess.
- I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
- The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
- To use one's imagination.
- Imagine that we were siblings.
- To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
- How long wil ye imagine miſchiefe againſt a man?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 62:3, column 1
- Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.
- Imagine thinking that would work.
Noun
imagine (plural imagines)
- A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
- Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob."2015 March 2, Laura Starling, “FFIC101: An Introduction to the Horrors of Fanfiction”, in Critic, University of Otago, page 21
- i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them.2016 December, Jocelyn Chambers, “The Exclusion Of People Of Color In Fanfiction”, in Majesty, page 96
imagine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
imagine in Hindi
- (transitive) to form a mental image of something
- कल्पना करना kalpanā karnā, तसव्वुर करना tasavvur karnā
imagine in Tamil
- கற்பனை காண்
imagine in Marathi
- to imagine, conceive, or suppose mentally — form an idea, image, or notion in the mind
- कल्पना करणे kalpanā karaṇe
imagine in Urdu
- (transitive) to form a mental image of something
- تصور کرنا tasavvur karnā
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- imagine in Bengali
- কল্পনা করা, আন্দাজ করা, ভাবা, চিন্তা করা
- imagine in Telugu
- భావించు bhāviñcu
- imagine in Malayalam
- ധ്യാനിക്കുക, സങ്കല്പിക്കുക, ചിന്തിക്കുക, ഭാവിക്കുക
- imagine in Kannada
- ಕಲ್ಪಿಸು kalpisu, ಊಹಿಸು ūhisu
- imagine in Punjabi
- ਕਲਪਨਾ ਕਰੋ, ਕਲਪਨਾ ਕਰਨਾ
- imagine in Gujarati
- કલ્પના કરવી, કલ્પના કરો
- imagine in Odia
- କଳ୍ପନା କରନ୍ତୁ, କଳ୍ପନା କରିବା
- imagine in Nepali
- कल्पना गर्ने, कल्पना गर्न, कल्पना गर्नुहोस्
- imagine in Arabic
- تَخَيَّلَ taḵayyala, تَصَوَّرَ taṣawwara
- imagine in Indonesian
- bayangkan
- imagine in Persian
- تصور کردن tasavvor kardan, پنداشتن pendāštan
- imagine in Thai
- จินตนาการ jin-dtà-naa-gaan, จินตนา jin-dtà-naa
- imagine in Vietnamese
- tưởng tượng
Examples of imagine in a sentence
- Imagine sitting on a tropical beach with a cool mimosa.
- Imagine all the people / Livin' life in peace1971, John Lennon, “Imagine”, in Imagine (album):
- Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined.2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
- If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes.2019, "thranduilsperkybutt", quoted in "Author Spotlight: thranduilsperkybutt", Lemon, February 2019, page 37
Synonyms of imagine
Forms of imagine
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | imagines |
| present participle | imagining |
| past participle | imagined |
| past | imagined |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | imaginest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | imaginedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | imagineth |
| Noun | |
| plural | imagines |
Origin of imagine
From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Words formed from imagine
Questions about imagine
- What does imagine mean?
- Imagine means to form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- What is imagine in Hindi?
- Imagine in Hindi is कल्पना करना (kalpanā karnā), तसव्वुर करना (tasavvur karnā). See Imagine meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use imagine in a sentence?
- Imagine sitting on a tropical beach with a cool mimosa.
- What part of speech is imagine?
- Imagine can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce imagine?
- Imagine is pronounced /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/.
- What is the past tense of imagine?
- The past tense of imagine is imagined.
Words near imagine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: imagine (page history and authors); imagine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कल्पना करणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); imagine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imagine (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಊಹಿಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); imagine (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); imagine (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); imagine (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); imagine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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