imagine
imagine
(ɪmædʒɪn )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense imagines , present participle imagining , past tense, past participle imagined
1. verb
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene. [VERB noun/verb-ing]
She couldn't imagine living in a place like that. [VERB noun/-ing]
Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow? [VERB wh]
Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore. [VERB that]
I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh. [VERB noun verb-ing]
2. verb
If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case.
I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre. [VERB that]
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. [VERB that]
'Was he meeting someone?'—'I imagine so.' [V so]
3. verb
If you imagine something, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not.
I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing. [VERB that]
[Also VERB noun]