Definition of imagine Imagine

/ɪmæˈʤʌn/ - [imatjun] - im•ag•ine

We found 17 definitions of imagine from 6 different sources.

What does imagine mean?

WordNet

Verb imagines, imagining, imagined
imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
		conceive of, ideate, envisage
		create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
		envision, fancy, image, picture, visualise, visualize, figure, project, see picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
		visualise, visualize make visible; "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized"
		envision, foresee picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
		fantasise, fantasize portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife"
		prefigure imagine or consider beforehand; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured"
		think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
		fantasy, fantasise, fantasize indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
		woolgather, daydream, dream, stargaze have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
imagine - expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
		think, opine, suppose, reckon, guess
		anticipate, expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
		suspect imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

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Wiktionary

imagine (Verb)
To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
imagine (Verb)
To believe in something created by one's own mind.
imagine (Verb)
To assume.
imagine (Verb)
To conjecture or guess.
imagine (Verb)
To use one's imagination.
imagine (Verb)
To guess or conjecture.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

imagine (v. t.)
To form in the mind a notion or idea of; to form a mental image of; to conceive; to produce by the imagination.
imagine (v. t.)
To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5.
imagine (v. t.)
To represent to one's self; to think; to believe.
imagine (v. i.)
To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.
imagine (v. i.)
To think; to suppose.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

imagine
To have as opinion, belief, or idea.
imagine
To form a mental image of something.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

imagine
im-aj′in, v.t. to form an image of in the mind: to conceive: to think: (B.) to contrive or devise.—v.i. to form mental images: to conceive.—adj. Imag′inable, that may be imagined.—n. Imag′inableness.—adv. Imag′inably.—adj. Imag′inary, existing only in the imagination: not real: (alg.) impossible.—n. Imaginā′tion, act of imagining: the faculty of forming images in the mind: that which is imagined: contrivance.—adj. Imag′inātive, full of imagination: proceeding from the imagination.—ns. Imag′inātiveness; Imag′iner; Imag′ining, that which is imagined. [O. Fr. imaginer—L. imagināri—imago, an image.]