hallucinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of hallucinate
as in sees
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 hallucinates Back in season 1, episode 8, Neil Fak (Matty Matheson) hallucinates a conversation with The Bear’s Ballbreaker arcade game character. — Kirsten Acuna, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 The most damaging by far is factual inconsistency, when an AI hallucinates and provides incorrect information. — Jerry Haywood, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 So what if the compass hallucinates half the time? — Caroline Rose Giuliani, New Yorker, 19 May 2026 Most notably, the line is crossed when AI hallucinates facts or strips away human voice. — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026 Colby scrambles through someone else’s bag like way back in season two, and someone hallucinates beef jerky. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026 When used in legal cases, AI hallucinates between 17% adn 82% of the time, Kjoller’s petition suggested. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025 Also, the scene where Pi hallucinates blindness and a talking Richard Parker (in French, oddly) is terrific. — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinates
  1. sees
  2. contemplates
  3. imagines
  4. fantasizes
  5. ponders
  6. dreams
  7. visualizes
Verb
  • Like Parker and filmmaker Robert Altman, another Kansas City native, Swift sees Sudeikis as a genius.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
  • And the viewer sees the crowd too—sometimes as a great, heaving body, other times as individual figures, each with their own rapt expression.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • The agreement contemplates beginning the design phase of the new stations while the arbitration is ongoing.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • It’s been a long time since Steven Spielberg directed a film as quintessentially Spielbergian as Disclosure Day, which contemplates how humankind might react to proof that extraterrestrial life exists.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
Definition of contemplates
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  • The book, by co-creator Joel Sinensky, who is also Jewish, imagines what might happen if a progressive theater company adapted Frank’s life story with that question in mind.
    — Frank DiGiacomo, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026
  • No parent ever imagines spending a holiday within hospital walls, so these traditions aim to give them something to look forward to and enjoy in the midst of it all.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of imagines
Verb
  • The busboy, Oscar, fantasizes about slathering honey over Kelce's bared chest as he is tied to a pole, leaving him to be eaten by a bear.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • In the weeks after learning about their Michelin status, Tina fantasizes about her new life as the Chef de cuisine with her husband beside her (played by the actor’s real-life husband David Zayas).
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of fantasizes
Verb
  • Vieira ponders the dilemma from his own perspective as a coach, having had spells in charge at New York City, Nice, Crystal Palace, Strasbourg and Genoa.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • As coach John Hynes ponders his Game 1 starter, the recent numbers will show that Wallstedt has allowed a total of four goals in his final two regular-season starts, while veteran Filip Gustavsson has been touched for 10 in the same span.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of ponders
Verb
  • The director was also adamant in bringing a fresh concept to the classic story of the puppet who dreams of becoming a boy.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 June 2026
  • Sodais dreams about being a teacher one day and starting a family with Weeda.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Definition of dreams
Verb
  • The Explorer integrates and visualizes data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, other government agencies and local weather stations.
    — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • In a couple of fleetingly brilliant moments, the director visualizes characters' discombobulation with aggressive blurring and dizzying superimpositions.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of visualizes

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