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Definition of Imagine
1. Verb. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case. "Did he imagine his major works over a short period of time?"; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
Generic synonyms: Create By Mental Act, Create Mentally
Specialized synonyms: Envision, Fancy, Figure, Image, Picture, Project, See, Visualise, Visualize, Visualise, Visualize, Envision, Foresee, Fantasise, Fantasize, Prefigure, Think, Fantasise, Fantasize, Fantasy, Daydream, Dream, Stargaze, Woolgather
Derivative terms: Idea, Ideation, Imagination, Imagination, Imaginative
2. Verb. Expect, believe, or suppose. "They imagine that there was a traffic accident "; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Specialized synonyms: Suspect
Derivative terms: Guess, Guess, Guesser, Opinion, Supposal, Supposition, Thought, Thought
Definition of Imagine
1. v. t. To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
2. v. i. To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
Definition of Imagine
1. Verb. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To assume. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To conjecture or guess. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To use one's imagination. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To guess or conjecture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imagine
1. to form a mental picture of [v -INED, -INING, -INES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imagine
Literary usage of Imagine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"I could not yet imagine what he aimed at, and told him I granted all he had faid;
and thanked him, that he would fo far concern ..."
2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"his being on board the ship, nor should he be called a sailor: for it is not in
virtue of his being on board that he There is no need, I imagine, ..."
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