Sekirov Dictionary

imagine

/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/

verb 7
noun 1
forms 7

verb7

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to create a picture of something in the mind
- Try to imagine a pink elephant.
- Imagine yourself in a packed airport lounge.
•
To use one's imagination.
- Imagine that we were siblings.
•
To assume; to suppose.
- I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
•
To conjecture; to guess.
- I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
- The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
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To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
- She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
- There's nothing there; you're just imagining things.
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(Internet) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.
- Imagine thinking that would work.
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(no longer used) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
- How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a man? — 1611

noun1

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(slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
- Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob." — 2015

forms

imagin'd · imagined · imaginedst · imagining · imagines · imagineth · imaginest

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