| query | If you i______ that something is the case, you think that it is the case.If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case. I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. 'Was he meeting someone?'—'I imagine so.' |
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| word | imagine |
| full-definition | verb If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it. He could not imagine a more peaceful scene. She couldn't imagine living in a place like that. Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow? Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore. I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh. If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case. I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. 'Was he meeting someone?'—'I imagine so.' If you imagine something, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not. I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing. |
| inflections | imaginesimaginingimagined |
| cefr-level | A1 |
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