Imagine I Imagined Don’t Imagining ɪˈmædʒɪn Can’t House

• the house was just as she had imagined it.
• i can't imagine life without the children now.
• 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

1. to form a picture in your mind of what something might be like
• The house was just as she had imagined it.
• I can't imagine life without the children now.
• 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?
• She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation.
• Imagine earning that much money!
• I can just imagine him saying that!
• I had imagined her to be older than that.
• I can imagine him really angry.
• ‘He was furious.’ ‘I can imagine.’
• The house was just as she had imagined it.
• We couldn’t think where you’d gone.
• Just think—this time tomorrow we’ll be lying on a beach.
• I can’t see her changing her mind.
• His colleagues see him as a future director.
• I don’t envisage working with him again.
• They envision an equal society, free from poverty and disease.
• I don’t envision working with him again.
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.
3. to think that something is probably true
• synonym suppose
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• I think it's likely that these people know each other.
• I imagine she's his wife.
• They might/may/could be related.
• I would think/imagine/guess they've been waiting for some time.
• I guess that the car has broken down.
• I think this has probably happened before.
• It looks to me as though the woman is very angry.
• Perhaps/Probably/Possibly/It may be that/Maybe there has been an accident.
• ‘Can we still buy tickets for the concert?’ ‘I imagine so.’
• I don’t imagine (that) they’ll refuse.

Extra Examples

• He hardly dared to imagine what else was going to be divulged.
• He loved to imagine himself as the hero.
• He was always keen to avenge insults, real or imagined.
• I always imagined him following in his father’s footsteps.
• I can well imagine the atmosphere at home at this moment.
• I can’t actually imagine her falling for that trick.
• I can’t even begin to imagine the horrors that they have been through.
• I could almost imagine you were jealous.
• I could clearly imagine the scene in the office.
• I could hardly imagine living in such a remote and desolate spot.
• I couldn’t fully imagine what it could be.
• I had fondly imagined that riding a mule would be easy.
• I started to imagine what he might say.
• It is difficult to imagine Blackpool without its famous Tower.
• It is difficult to imagine a world without money.
• Let us imagine what really might have happened.
• She could just imagine her mother’s look of horror.
• She had so vividly imagined it time and time again.
• She knew she was simply imagining things.
• The artist is free to imagine anything she pleases.
• The sight was disturbing as you can quite imagine.
• There’s more at stake here than you can possibly imagine.
• When I think about this story I can almost imagine the look on his face.
• You don’t seriously imagine I’ll agree to that?
• the best guitarist you could possibly imagine
• ‘He was furious.’ ‘I can imagine!’
• ‘Will we still be allowed in?’ ‘I imagine so.’
• Can you imagine what it might be like to lose your job after 20 years?
• He’s always imagining that we’re talking about him behind his back.
• I can’t imagine life without the children now.
• I don’t imagine he’ll get here now, do you?
• I had imagined her to be older than me.
• I’d like to imagine that she’s safe and happy somewhere.
• If I’m late home my mother always imagines the worst.
• She had imagined that she’d get a warm welcome.
• She imagined walking onto the stage to huge applause.
• You shouldn’t imagine that he’s anything but a ruthless man.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they imagine
• he / she / it imagines
• past simple imagined
• past participle imagined
• -ing form imagining

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’.