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UK
/ɪmˈædʒɪn/
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[ US /ˌɪˈmædʒən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈmædʒən/ ]
VERB
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expect, believe, or suppose
I thought to find her in a bad state
he didn't think to find her in the kitchen
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel
I guess she is angry at me for standing her up -
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
Can you conceive of him as the president?
How To Use imagine In A Sentence
- Imagine an anthropologist visiting a remote tribal village to study its inhabitants.
- Then the pleasant little surprises of all kinds that we imagined; and the pleasant looks that greet us when we condescend to accept them; the patience that can translate our most unwarrantable "crossness", because there has been some trifling difficulty in obtaining the half of a star or the corner of a moon which it had pleased us to require, into "such a good sign of being really better"; and then our appetite (which the gods know is at that season singularly keen), how is it not tempted with unutterable dainties and friande morsels, all sorts of amateur cookery in our behalf, where Love himself has not disdained to turn the spit, and look into the stewpan! and all served up so gracefully on the small tray, covered with its delicate white damask cloth, arraying with more than mortal charms the moulds of crystal jelly and pure-looking blanc mange! Zoe: The History of Two Lives
- As may be imagined, this capture, not so much a fluke as a surprise gave me cause to rethink my fishing plans on the lake.
- But his prodigality, which is excessive, after a time brought him to London; and the bishop imagined that, with his help, my scruples would at last be conquered. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
- Stephen Chu wants your children to live worse so that his children can live better — in the world he imagines is the correct one. Why scientists are under-represented in politics. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
- We don't easily imagine anymore a naive, unsophisticated 14-year-old without the resources or experience to go it alone or see a way out of current circumstances.
- The Falcons' first miscue of the night is a missed field goal by Feely, but I imagine it won't matter much.
- Can you imagine any other airline sending a birthday card to a customer?
- The lack of a back-and-forth "us-verus-Nasdaq" makes it hard to imagine what the exchanges, and the fees, will look like, said Neil Catania , co-founder of agency-only brokerage firm MND Partners, located on the NYSE floor. Stock Traders Fear Fee Hit
- The lingering theory is credible because it is hard to imagine that the restaurant business in most cities and towns is anything but competitive. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice