imagine

Etymology

From Old French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/

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• Hyphenation: imag‧ine

Verb

imagine (third-person singular simple present imagines, present participle imagining, simple past and past participle imagined)

1. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
   • Shakespeare

     In the night, imagining some fear, / How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

   • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

     Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

   Try to imagine a pink elephant.

2. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.

   She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.

3. (transitive) To assume.

   I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.

4. (transitive) To conjecture or guess.

   I cannot even imagine what you are up to!

   The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%

5. (intransitive) To use one's imagination.

   Imagine that we were siblings.

6. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
   • Bible, Psalms lxii. 3

     How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?

Verb

imagine

1. first-person singular present indicative of imaginer
2. third-person singular present indicative of imaginer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
5. second-person singular imperative of imaginer

Noun

imāgine

1. ablative singular of imāgō

Verb

imagine

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of imaginar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of imaginar
3. first-person singular imperative of imaginar
4. third-person singular imperative of imaginar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imago, imaginem, French image.

Noun

imagine f (plural imagini)

1. image

Verb

imagine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of imaginar.