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English verb: imagine | |||
| 1. | imagine (creation) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | ||
| Samples | Can you conceive of him as the president?. | ||
| Synonyms | conceive of, envisage, ideate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create by mental act, create mentally | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | daydream, dream, envision, envision, fancy, fantasise, fantasise, fantasize, fantasize, fantasy, figure, foresee, image, picture, prefigure, project, see, stargaze, think, visualise, visualise, visualize, visualize, woolgather | ||
| 2. | imagine (cognition) expect, believe, or suppose | ||
| Samples | I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel. I thought to find her in a bad state. He didn't think to find her in the kitchen. I guess she is angry at me for standing her up. | ||
| Examples | They imagine that there was a traffic accident | ||
| Synonyms | guess, opine, reckon, suppose, think | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anticipate, expect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | suspect | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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