see|imaginé
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-imagine.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|imagines|imagining|imagined

1. transitive To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.

#:Try to imagine a pink elephant.

1. transitive To believe in something created by one's own mind.

#:She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.

1. transitive To assume.

#:I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.

1. transitive To conjecture or guess.

#:I cannot even imagine what you are up to!

1. intransitive To use one's imagination.
2. intransitive To guess or conjecture.

#:Let me imagine - it's a ring!

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations
trans-top|(transitive) to form a mental image of something
Czech: p�edstavit si
Finnish: kuvitella
Japanese: ���� (������, s�z�suru)
Spanish: imaginar
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trans-top|(transitive) to believe
Finnish: kuvitella, luulotella
French: imaginer
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trans-top|(transitive) to assume
Finnish: luulla, arvata, kuvitella
French: imaginer
Spanish: imaginar
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trans-top|(transitive) to conjecture
Finnish: arvata, kuvitella
French: imaginer
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trans-top|(intransitive) to use one's imagination
Finnish: kuvitella
French: imaginer
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trans-top|(intransitive) to guess
Finnish: arvata
French: imaginer
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Dutch: inbeelden
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Derived terms
imaginative
imagination

Related terms
image
imago

French

Verb form
imagine

1. Form of imaginer

Category:French verb forms

Romanian

Etymology
L.|ro imago

Noun
ro-noun|plimagini|gendf

1. image

Declension
ro-noun-f|plimagini|defimaginea

et:imagine
el:imagine
fr:imagine
io:imagine
id:imagine
it:imagine
hu:imagine
ja:imagine
pl:imagine
ru:imagine
fi:imagine
sv:imagine
ta:imagine
te:imagine
vi:imagine
zh:imagine

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