imagine
pronunciation
How to pronounce imagine in British English:
UK [ɪˈmædʒɪn]
How to pronounce imagine in American English:
US [ɪˈmædʒɪn]
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- Verb:
- form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
- expect, believe, or suppose
Word Origin
- imagine (v.)
- mid-14c., "to form a mental image of," from Old French imaginer "sculpt, carve, paint; decorate, embellish" (13c.), from Latin imaginari "to form a mental picture to oneself, imagine" (also, in Late Latin imaginare "to form an image of, represent"), from imago (see image). Sense of "suppose" is first recorded late 14c. Related: Imagined; imagining.
Example
- 1. Imagine you are driving a car .
- 2. Imagine you 've been served with a legal complaint .
- 3. We can 't imagine what he 's lived through .
- 4. Advocates of a break-up imagine an amicable split .
- 5. Just imagine what these emerging giants will do once they get the consultants in .