fancy suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires.
fancied himself a super athlete
realize stresses a grasping of the significance of what is conceived or imagined.
realized the enormity of the task ahead
envisage and envision imply a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed.
envisaged a totally computerized operation
envisioned a cure for the disease
Examples of imagine in a Sentence
a writer who has imagined an entire world of amazing creatures
He asked us to imagine a world without poverty or war.
It's hard for me to imagine having children.
He was imagining all sorts of terrible things happening.
“What was that sound? I think there's someone in the house!” “Oh, you're just imagining things.”
I imagine it will snow at some point today.
It's difficult to imagine that these changes will really be effective.
The company will do better next year, I imagine.
It was worse than they had imagined.
Recent Examples on the WebNo Hollywood screenwriter could imagine such a downfall.—Armond White, National Review, 5 June 2024 Whereas The Land Before Time imagined a prehistoric past, for the Zenon movies Krieger cast his creative eye toward the future.—John Russell, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024 Schumacher, who wrote Wade with Simmons in mind, began imagining the character during the COVID pandemic.—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024 So, imagine a 300% gain, which means multiplying by four.—Vera Bergengruen/buenos Aires, TIME, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for imagine
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English ymagynen, borrowed from Anglo-French ymaginer, borrowed from Latin imāginārī, verbal derivative of imāgin-, imāgō "representation, semblance, image entry 1"
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