Imagine I Imagined ɪˈmædʒɪn Find Extra Examples Imagining

• the house was just as she had imagined it.
• imagine my surprise when i opened the door to find him standing there.
• i can't imagine life without the children now.
• it's hard to imagine a more cynical political strategy.

imagine

Verb Forms

1. to form a picture in your mind of what something might be like
• The house was just as she had imagined it.
• Imagine my surprise when I opened the door to find him standing there.
• I can't imagine life without the children now.
• It's hard to imagine a more cynical political strategy.
• Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.
• Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years?
• Imagine earning that much money!
• She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation.
• I can just imagine him saying that!
• I had imagined her to be older than that.
• He loved to imagine himself as the hero.
• I find it difficult to imagine her a grandmother.
• I can imagine him really angry.
• ‘He was furious.’ ‘I can imagine.’

Extra Examples

• Can you imagine a world free from the drudgery of work?
• I can well imagine the atmosphere at home at this moment.
• If I'm late home my mother always imagines the worst.
• I can't even begin to imagine the horrors that they have been through.
• I could clearly imagine the scene in the office.
• It is difficult to imagine a world without money.
• She could just imagine her mother's look of horror.
• I had fondly imagined that riding a mule would be easy.
• I'd like to imagine that she's safe and happy somewhere.
• She had imagined that she'd get a warm welcome.
• I started to imagine what he might say.
• He hardly dared to imagine what else was going to be divulged.
• Let us imagine what really might have happened.
• She imagined walking onto the stage to huge applause.
• I could hardly imagine living in such a remote and desolate spot.
• I always imagined him following in his father's footsteps.
• I can't actually imagine her falling for that trick.
• The sight was disturbing as you can quite imagine.
• There's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine.
2. to believe something that is not true
• He’s always imagining (that) we’re talking about him behind his back.
• There's nobody there. You're imagining things.

Extra Examples

• He was always keen to avenge insults, real or imagined.
• She knew she was simply imagining things.
3. to think that something is probably true
• SYNONYM suppose
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• ‘Can we still buy tickets for the concert?’ ‘I imagine so.’
• I don’t imagine (that) they’ll refuse.

Extra Examples

• I don't imagine he'll get here now, do you?
• You don't seriously imagine I'll agree to that?
• I could almost imagine you were jealous.
• You shouldn't imagine that he's anything but a ruthless man.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, both from imago, imagin- ‘image’.