imagine
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,173 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,680 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case also: conceive of, ideate, envisage Can you conceive of him as the president?
- expect, believe, or suppose also: think, opine, suppose, reckon, guess I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novelI thought to find her in a bad state
imagine in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It is all very well to imagine what you would do under such circumstances.
In the Wilderness · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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Could any one imagine so many millions slipping through the fingers of M. de Thaller’s methodic cashier?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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You may imagine how astonished he was to see his Herd-boy returning to him in this manner!
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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And he was said to have made a brave end; which no doubt ain't as difficult as people imagine.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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I can imagine neither pleasure nor sport derivable from the infliction of pain upon the meanest thing endowed with life.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1