hallucinating

verb

present participle of hallucinate
as in seeing
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 hallucinating Some judges were also already using AI chatbots, Mehmood says, but commercial offerings performed poorly on Pakistani legal queries, frequently hallucinating case law. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2026 The anonymous teen’s mother, who did not release her daughter’s name for privacy reasons, told local outlet WMBF News that her daughter began hallucinating and her heart rate reached nearly 200 beats per minute. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 An enterprise agent hallucinating an action inside a system of record becomes a business risk. — Larry English, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Major problems arising from hallucinating AI coding software could snowball into catastrophe at many other firms as well. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026 At a recent hearing on his disciplinary charges, the state presented evidence that Becker admitted to hallucinating while at work and to needing fluids prior to work shifts. — Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 6 Mar. 2026 Song was dehydrated and hallucinating, the witness said. — Emerson Clarridge updated March 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026 What if a person was hallucinating, and a voice told them to commit the crime? — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026 The Gemini integration naturally raises concerns about the chatbot hallucinating inaccurate information. — PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinating
  1. seeing
  2. dreaming
  3. imagining
  4. contemplating
  5. fantasizing
  6. envisioning
Verb
  • Actual Roman ruins As for those interested in seeing legitimate sites, Arya recommends Verona for an amphitheater, or Aquileia, two and a half hours northeast on Veneto’s border with Friuli.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Major departures included releasing Cousins, parting ways with linebackers Troy Andersen and Kaden Elliss, and seeing veteran safety Justin Simmons head into retirement.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of seeing
Verb
  • Carr and Konkoly would wire everyone up with EEG, perform their lucid-dreaming protocol, and let people drift off.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Consumers are signing up for premium credit cards, earning points through everyday spending and dreaming about using those points for aspirational travel.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of dreaming
Verb
  • The products that will earn clients’ trust are designed from the ground up, close to the friction and client experience, not from those reading industry reports or imagining a spec.
    — Doug Scott, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Blanding was pregnant with her first child at the time, and the sisters quickly began imagining what life could look like with their separate homes just steps away from each other.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of imagining
Verb
  • My parents, contemplating their mortality, decided to relocate from the Pacific Northwest to an apartment near me.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Maceta stood contemplating the invincible green of the pastureland.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of contemplating
Verb
  • Not necessarily as little leaguers, but as bright-eyed youths fantasizing about one day wearing a big-league uniform, competing in major league stadiums and making their living by playing this children’s game as adults.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • View gallery - 3 images People have been fantasizing about humanoid robots for decades.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 19 July 2026
Definition of fantasizing
Verb
  • Unanswered emails can make people feel ignored or disrespected, or jump to worrying or envisioning worst-case scenarios, such as being on the brink of getting laid off or fired.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The moon is the new go-to destination in space, with NASA envisioning a stampede of robotic craft over the next several years to form the foundation for a sustainable lunar base.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of envisioning

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