imagine

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To form a picture or idea of something in your mind.

   Try to imagine a pink elephant flying through the sky.

2. 2
   verb

   To think or believe that something is probably true.

   I imagine they earned a lot of money from their new novel.

3. 3
   verb

   To wrongly believe something that is not real or true.

   She imagined that the man was trying to follow her home.

From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

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