Past tense of imagine
regular verb
The past tense of imagine is imagined. The past participle is also imagined.
Forms of imagine
| Base form (V1) | imagine /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | imagined /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | imagined /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnd/ |
| Present participle | imagining |
| Third person singular | imagines /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/ |
Imagined in a sentence
- 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
- She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
- The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.From the entry universe
- You're a great deal more beautiful than I ever imagined.From the entry more
- Never return evil for evil that's either real or imagined.From the entry imagined
Meaning of imagine
- verb To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- verb To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- verb To assume; to suppose.
Questions about the past tense of imagine
- What is the past tense of imagine?
- The past tense of imagine is imagined.
- What is the past participle of imagine?
- The past participle of imagine is imagined.
- Is imagine a regular or irregular verb?
- Imagine is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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