Imagine
[ih-maj-in] /ɪˈmædʒ ɪn/
verb (used with object), imagined, imagining.
1.
to form a mental of (something not actually present to the senses).
2.
to think, believe, or fancy:
He imagined the house was haunted.
3.
to assume; suppose:
I imagine they’ll be here soon.
4.
to conjecture; guess:
I cannot imagine what you mean.
5.
Archaic. to plan, scheme, or plot.
verb (used without object), imagined, imagining.
6.
to form mental of things not present to the senses; use the .
7.
to suppose; think; conjecture.
/ɪˈmædʒɪn/
verb
1.
(when transitive, may take a clause as object) to form a mental image of
2.
(when transitive, may take a clause as object) to think, believe, or guess
3.
(transitive; takes a clause as object) to suppose; assume: I imagine he’ll come
4.
(transitive; takes a clause as object) to believe or assume without foundation: he imagines he knows the whole story
5.
an archaic word for plot1
sentence substitute
6.
Also imagine that!. an exclamation of surprise
v.
mid-14c., “to form a mental image of,” from Old French imaginer “sculpt, carve, paint; decorate, embellish” (13c.), from Latin imaginari “to form a mental picture to oneself, imagine” (also, in Late Latin imaginare “to form an image of, represent”), from imago (see image). Sense of “suppose” is first recorded late 14c. Related: Imagined; imagining.
Read Also:
- Imagineer
[ih-maj-uh-neer] /ɪˌmædʒ əˈnɪər/ noun 1. a person who practices or is skilled in imagineering. verb to put creative ideas into practical use; to devise and use imaginative ideas or technologies Examples The imagineer came up with innovative products from discarded materials. Word Origin imagine + engineering Usage Note imagineering, imagineer n
- Imagineering
[ih-maj-uh-neer-ing] /ɪˌmædʒ əˈnɪər ɪŋ/ noun 1. the implementing of creative ideas into practical form.
- Imagines
[ih-maj-in] /ɪˈmædʒ ɪn/ verb (used with object), imagined, imagining. 1. to form a mental of (something not actually present to the senses). 2. to think, believe, or fancy: He imagined the house was haunted. 3. to assume; suppose: I imagine they’ll be here soon. 4. to conjecture; guess: I cannot imagine what you mean. 5. […]
- Imaging
[im-uh-jing] /ˈɪm ə dʒɪŋ/ noun 1. Psychology. a technique in which one uses mental to control bodily processes and thus ease pain or to succeed in some endeavor that one has visualized in advance. 2. Medicine/Medical. the use of computerized axial tomography, sonography, or other specialized techniques and instruments to obtain pictures of the interior […]
- Imagining
[ih-maj-in] /ɪˈmædʒ ɪn/ verb (used with object), imagined, imagining. 1. to form a mental of (something not actually present to the senses). 2. to think, believe, or fancy: He imagined the house was haunted. 3. to assume; suppose: I imagine they’ll be here soon. 4. to conjecture; guess: I cannot imagine what you mean. 5. […]