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imagine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/ weak vowel distinction
• (California) audio
• /ɘˈmɛd͡ʒ.ɘn/ (New-Zealand)
• /əˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/ weak vowel merger

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
   • If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes. 2019, "thranduilsperkybutt", quoted in "Author Spotlight: thranduilsperkybutt", Lemon, February 2019, page 37
   • Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob." 2015 March 2, Laura Starling, “FFIC101: An Introduction to the Horrors of Fanfiction”, in Critic, University of Otago, page 21:
   • i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them. 2016 December, Jocelyn Chambers, “The Exclusion Of People Of Color In Fanfiction”, in Majesty, page 96:

Forms

imagine en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/ weak vowel distinction
• (California) audio
• /ɘˈmɛd͡ʒ.ɘn/ (New-Zealand)
• /əˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/ weak vowel merger

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
   • Imagine all the people / Livin' life in peace 1971, John Lennon, “Imagine”, in Imagine (album):
   • Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
   • Imagine yourself in a packed airport lounge.
   • Imagine sitting on a tropical beach with a cool mimosa.
   • Try to imagine a pink elephant.
   • Or in the night, imagining ſome feare, / How eaſie is a buſh ſuppos’d a Beare? c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 159, column 2:
2. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.
   • She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
   • There's nothing there; you're just imagining things.
3. (transitive) To assume; to suppose.
   • I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
4. (transitive) To conjecture; to guess.
   • I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
   • The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
5. (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
   • Imagine that we were siblings.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
   • How long wil ye imagine miſchiefe againſt a man? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 62:3, column 1:
7. (Internet, qualifier:rhetorical, sarcastic, transitive) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.
   • Imagine thinking that would work.

Forms

Deriveds

imaginative · disimagine · misimagine · imaginable · preimagine · imaginous · imaginitis · imaginify · unimaginable · imagine that · imaginal · Imagineer · outimagine · imaginary · imaginability · imaginarium · imaginist · unimagine · imagination · overimagine · reimagine

Relateds

image · imago · imagery

Synonyms

fancy · see · project · ween · fancy

Translations (156)

bg предполо́жа ((transitive) to assume) · ru вообрази́ть ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · nl zich inbeelden ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ru вообрази́ть ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · da forestille sig ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · th จินตนา ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fr imaginer ((transitive) to believe) · nl zich voorstellen ((transitive) to conjecture) · nl fantaseren ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · bg въобразявам си ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · ru предположи́ть ((transitive) to assume) · enm ymagynen ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi kuvitella ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ca imaginar ((transitive) to conjecture) · fr imaginer ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · uk уяви́ти ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · sl predstaviti si ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · uz tasavvur qilmoq ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ru предполага́ть ((transitive) to assume) · el φαντάζομαι ((transitive) to assume) · fi kuvitella ((transitive) to conjecture) · ru предста́вить ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · cmn 想像 ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ur تصور کرنا ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ca imaginar ((intransitive) to guess) · pt pensar ((transitive) to assume) · ar تَخَيَّلَ ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi arvella ((transitive) to conjecture) · la opīnor ((transitive) to conjecture) · ary تصور ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · de einbilden ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · nb forestille seg ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · hu képzel ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ca imaginar ((transitive) to believe) · ca imaginar ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · eo imagi ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · la opīnor ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · he תאר ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fr imaginer ((transitive) to assume) · pt imaginar ((transitive) to believe) · fr imaginer ((intransitive) to guess) · tr tasavvur etmek ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · nl zich voorstellen ((transitive) to believe) · gd saoil ((intransitive) to guess) · bg предста́вя си ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · gd saoil ((transitive) to believe) · nl speculeren ((intransitive) to guess) · mk замисли ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · enm ymagynen ((intransitive) to guess) · sk predstavovať si ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · pl wyobrażać sobie ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · sh zamisliti ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ro imagina ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · la imaginor ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi kuvitella ((transitive) to assume) · nl zich inbeelden ((transitive) to believe) · hi कल्पना करना ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · lv iedomāties ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · gd saoil ((transitive) to assume) · eo imagi ((transitive) to believe) · ru вообража́ть ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · be уяві́ць ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · de vorstellen ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · sl predstavljati si ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · cs představit si ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · cs představovat si ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · gl imaxinar ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi arvella ((transitive) to assume) · sv föreställa sig ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fa تصور کردن ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ky элестетүү ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · wa mådjiner ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · hu elképzel ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · sh zamišljati ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · grc δοξάζω ((transitive) to assume) · bg предполагам ((transitive) to assume) · la crēdō ((transitive) to believe) · fi arvata ((transitive) to assume) · tg тасаввур кардан ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · it immaginare ((transitive) to assume) · pt achar ((transitive) to assume) · es flashear ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ru вообража́ть ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · az təsəvvür etmək ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ary تخيل ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · id bayangkan ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fa پنداشتن ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi kuvitella ((intransitive) to guess) · sk predstaviť si ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · nl zich voorstellen ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · grc νοέω ((transitive) to assume) · el φαντάζομαι ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · mk се вообразува ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · it immaginarsi ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · mwl eimaginar ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · pt fantasiar ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · pt crer ((transitive) to assume) · hi तसव्वुर करना ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · hy պատկերացնել ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ko 상상하다 ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · mk замислува ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · eo bildigi ((transitive) to believe) · el φαντάζομαι ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · vi tưởng tượng ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · te భావించు ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · gd smaoinich ((intransitive) to guess) · ang hīwian ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · be уяўля́ць ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · bg представям си ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ca imaginar ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · pl wyobrazić sobie ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ru представля́ть ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · nl veronderstellen ((transitive) to assume) · mk се вообрази ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · nl zich verbeelden ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · es imaginar ((transitive) to assume) · mi pohewa ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi luulla ((transitive) to assume) · it scommettere ((transitive) to believe) · it pensare ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · th จินตนาการ ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · lt įsivaizduoti ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ru представля́ть ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · it ritenere ((transitive) to assume) · kk елестету ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi luulotella ((transitive) to believe) · bg вярвам ((transitive) to believe) · fi kuvitella ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · ru ве́рить ((transitive) to believe) · gd smaoinich ((transitive) to believe) · mi pohewa ((transitive) to conjecture) · gd smaoinich ((transitive) to assume) · nl zich inbeelden ((transitive) to conjecture) · it immaginare ((transitive) to believe) · eo antaŭvidi ((transitive) to conjecture) · fi kuvitella ((transitive) to believe) · ar تَصَوَّرَ ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · enm ymagynen ((transitive) to assume) · ru предста́вить ((intransitive) to use one's imagination) · it figurarsi ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · nl raden ((intransitive) to guess) · enm ymagynen ((transitive) to believe) · enm ymagynen ((transitive) to conjecture) · yue 想像 ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · uk уявля́ти ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ja 想像する ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · pt imaginar ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · ro închipui ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · es imaginar ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fr imaginer ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · fi arvata ((intransitive) to guess) · fr imaginer ((transitive) to conjecture) · ca imaginar ((transitive) to assume) · et kujutlema ((transitive) to form a mental image of something) · it prevedere ((transitive) to conjecture) · es imaginarse ((transitive) to assume)