as in to see
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations
The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.
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Recent Examples of hallucinate
Remember, AIs hallucinate: AIs have a nasty habit of making up facts and then making recommendations based on these non-existent facts.
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Jeff Catlin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
While Sister Agnes reconsidered her relationship with God and Imogen and Peter hallucinated role-play, Masha spent the day putting David through various freezing situations.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 May 2025
Without seeing multiple views of the product, the technology would have to hallucinate certain pieces of it, which could make for an inaccurate rendering.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 14 May 2025
Attackers could seize on the pattern by identifying nonexistent packages that are repeatedly hallucinated.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Catlin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
While Sister Agnes reconsidered her relationship with God and Imogen and Peter hallucinated role-play, Masha spent the day putting David through various freezing situations.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 May 2025
Without seeing multiple views of the product, the technology would have to hallucinate certain pieces of it, which could make for an inaccurate rendering.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 14 May 2025
Attackers could seize on the pattern by identifying nonexistent packages that are repeatedly hallucinated.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinate
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And club captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen is first on the list of those the club would like to see leave before the end of the transfer window.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Lorde keeps it casual in New York as she is seen outside of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on June 24.—
Grace Harrington,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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Who hasn’t daydreamed about the ins and outs of their fantasy forever home?—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
24 June 2025
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After 30-plus years in business, Giuseppe Zanotti is still daydreaming about footwear and continues to be in learning mode, committed to grasping the zeitgeist.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
23 June 2025
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Gerstle always tries to tease out how someone imagines using their outdoor space over the long term, and create a full design plan that incorporates each area.—
Lexi Dwyer,
Architectural Digest,
23 June 2025
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In a visual narrative medium (a play, a film, a TV show) everything a character thinks, feels, believes, remembers, imagines, the audience must infer from what the actor is doing with body and face and voice.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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During the madness around planning the Tribeca premiere at Carnegie Hall (which the violin-playing Jayne Mansfield had dreamed of playing), Sardelli checked in by email.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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That is clearly the greatest area of need, and compared to a light-hitting third baseman, a rotation and bullpen lacking enough out-getters will sink a team’s playoff dreams much more quickly.—
Jared Wyllys,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Yet Trump, whose administration had entered into talks with Iran aimed at reaching an agreement on the country's nuclear program, has backed the Israeli offensive and has openly contemplated joining the Israeli campaign through strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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Then again, living in New York City, there aren't many opportunities to contemplate camel textures.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2025
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Everyone fantasizes about this profession and this industry being so deeply creative and born of impulse and character.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Lopez plays Ingrid Luna, aka Aurora, aka the Spider Woman, a movie star about whom a gay Argentinian prisoner fantasizes.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
5 June 2025
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Consumers will soon be freed from their dependency on a smartphone and instead will be able to seamlessly interact with an array of secondary compute devices and displays throughout the environment to visualize data and transact.—
Mark Francis,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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That ability to visualize complex concepts instantly helps everyone stay aligned and efficient.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2025
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Managers and their co-workers need to work hard to establish the link between the team goals and the firms vision and show how their work can effect the performance of the organization.—
Andrew Mawson,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2024
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In 2019, under the guidance of Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, the Assembly hired Laurie Wolf to facilitate a series of three strategic visioning meetings to better define our goals for years 2019-2021.—
Anchorage Daily News,
Anchorage Daily News,
28 Mar. 2020
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“Hallucinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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