IMAGINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does imagine mean?
• IMAGINE (verb)
The verb IMAGINE has 2 senses:
1. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
2. expect, believe, or suppose
Familiarity information: IMAGINE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IMAGINE (verb)
Meaning:
Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine
Context example:
Can you conceive of him as the president?
Hypernyms (to "imagine" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "imagine"):
envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)
visualise; visualize (form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract)
envision; foresee (picture to oneself; imagine possible)
fantasise; fantasize (portray in the mind)
prefigure (imagine or consider beforehand)
think (imagine or visualize)
fantasise; fantasize; fantasy (indulge in fantasies)
daydream; dream; stargaze; woolgather (have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Expect, believe, or suppose
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
guess; reckon; think; suppose; opine; imagine
Context examples:
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel / I thought to find her in a bad state / he didn't think to find her in the kitchen / I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
Hypernyms (to "imagine" is one way to...):
anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "imagine"):
suspect (hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They imagine that there was a traffic accident
