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- pronunciation:
mae
jihn
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
imagines, imagining, imagined |
| definition 1: |
When you imagine something, you make an idea or picture of it in your mind.
Can you imagine your dad as a little boy or your mom as a little girl?When we got to the amusement park, we were so happy because it was even better than we imagined it would be.
- synonyms:
- fancy, picture, think
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| definition 2: |
If you imagine that something will happen, you guess or think that it probably will happen.
When my dad was young, he imagined that he would become a doctor because he was really interested in that. But things changed in his family, and he couldn't go to college.- synonyms:
- assume, believe, guess, suppose, think
- similar words:
- conclude, judge, suspect
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| related words: |
believe, entertain, figure, pretend, suppose, think |
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Imagine comes from imaginari, a Latin word that means "to form an image in one's own mind."
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