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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: imaginer, from Latin imaginari, from imago; IMAGE]
to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be like
imagine (that)
::Imagine that you have just won a million pounds.
::Imagine life without hot water.
imagine what/how/why etc
::Can you imagine what it's like when it's really hot out here in Delhi?
imagine sb doing sth
::She could imagine dark-robed figures moving silently along the stone corridors.
(just) imagine doing sth
::Imagine doing a horrible job like that!
::Just imagine going all that way for nothing!
imagine sb/sth as sth
::He didn't quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.
imagine sb in/with/without etc sth
::Somehow I can't imagine him without a beard.
it is difficult/easy/possible/impossible etc to imagine sth
::After such a dry summer, it's difficult to imagine what rain looks like.
to have a false or wrong idea about something
::Perhaps she'd never really been there at all - perhaps she'd just imagined it.
::imagined dangers
imagine (that)
::She had imagined that the doctor would be male.
::I was surprised when I saw the farm. I had imagined it would be much bigger.
imagine sth/sb to be sth
::There's nobody here. You're just imagining things .
[not in progressive] to think that something is true or may happen, but without being sure or having proof
::'A very complicated subject, I imagine,' said Edwin.
imagine (that)
::You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.
you can/can't imagine sth
BrE spoken used to emphasize how good, bad etc something is
You can/can't imagine how/what/why etc
::You can imagine how angry I was!
::You can't imagine what a terrible week we had.