imagine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 2 French 2.1 Verb 3 Romanian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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

Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginari, from imago (“‘image’”).

[edit] Verb

to 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

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[edit] Derived terms

• imaginable
• imaginal
• imaginary
• imagination
• imaginative

[edit] Related terms

• image
• imagery
• imago

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin imago

[edit] Noun

imagine f. (plural imagini)

1. image

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

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.