Word

imagine, v.
(imagined, imagines, imagining)
freq. cnt. 77

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 74 freq. cnt.: 66 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2

conceive of envisage ideate imagine

sample sentences

"Can you conceive of him as the president?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

imaginative imagination imagination

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ideation idea

semantic pointers

hypernym

create by mental act, create mentally

hyponym

see, picture, visualize, envision, fancy, figure, visualise, project, image visualize, visualise envision, foresee fantasize, fantasise prefigure think fantasy, fantasize, fantasise dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze

expect, believe, or suppose
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 277 freq. cnt.: 188 freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 5

guess imagine opine reckon suppose think

sample sentences

"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"