imagine

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA: /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/
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Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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.
    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!
  5. (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
    Imagine that we were siblings
  6. (intransitive) To guess or conjecture.
    Let me imagine - it's a ring!
    The board imagines the merger should increase profits about a quarter

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French[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

imāgine

  1. ablative singular of imāgō

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin imago, imaginem, French image.

Noun[edit]

imagine f (plural imagini)

  1. image

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Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

imagine (infinitive imaginar)

  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.

Portuguese[edit]

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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