imagine

verb
/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from imāginor
  2. derived from imaginer
  3. inherited from ymagynen

Definitions

  1. To form a mental image of something

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

    • Try to imagine a pink elephant.
    • Imagine yourself in a packed airport lounge.
    • Imagine sitting on a tropical beach with a cool mimosa.
  2. 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. To assume

    To assume; to suppose.

    • I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. To conjecture

      To conjecture; to guess.

      • I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
      • The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
    2. To use one's imagination.

      • Imagine that we were siblings.
    3. To contrive in purpose

      To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

      • How long wil ye imagine miſchiefe againſt a man?
    4. Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.

      • Imagine thinking that would work.
    5. A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or…

      A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.

      • Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob."
      • i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them.
      • If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imagine. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imagine. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at imagine

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA