as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
got needlessly upset about imagined dangers
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as in envisioned
to form a mental picture of
she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined
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as in thought
to have as an opinion
I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it
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as in guessed
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin
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Recent Examples of imagined
Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The Haas Brothers playful sculptures of real and imagined creatures never fail to amuse and confound.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Those comments gave Marble an unforgettable chorus of imagined dialogue.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
There aren’t any substantial architecture or urbanism ideas at play here, but there is a desperate attempt at marketing the services of both to an imagined audience of the young and very online.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
What happened next was a snowball effect – as small stray details were subsumed into a big imagined coverup by the White House.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Our nation’s promise is not found in an imagined past but in our capacity to face the difficult truths of our history and learn from them.
—Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Hamnet remains mostly faithful to the novel (O’Farrell collaborated with Zhao on the screenplay), but the two works center on different parts of the imagined timeline.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
As such, the production ties itself in knots trying to navigate the contradictory (and largely imagined) desires of American womandom.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
While Amon’s keynote address in Maui imagined a future with numerous AI agents working on-device, the current reality is more modest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
The setting was warm and familial (yes, there was even a fireplace), calling to mind Demna’s imagined Gucci La Famiglia.
—Sofia Viganò, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Stewart had imagined shooting in Portland, Oregon.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
McNab even copied her outfits and imagined herself playing a similar role one day, since acting had already been her dream.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
This probably was not the ending many imagined for Hong Kong, but at least there are memories to be savored.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2025
Had Desai wished to more deeply explore such sociopolitical themes through the lives of her subjects, her ingeniously imagined secondary characters are waiting in the wings.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
For over two decades, Spring Studios has shaped how beauty is imagined, produced and experienced.
—Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
My imagined abolitionist grows colder—and angrier.
—Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The Haas Brothers playful sculptures of real and imagined creatures never fail to amuse and confound.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Those comments gave Marble an unforgettable chorus of imagined dialogue.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
There aren’t any substantial architecture or urbanism ideas at play here, but there is a desperate attempt at marketing the services of both to an imagined audience of the young and very online.
—Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
What happened next was a snowball effect – as small stray details were subsumed into a big imagined coverup by the White House.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Our nation’s promise is not found in an imagined past but in our capacity to face the difficult truths of our history and learn from them.
—Brad Braxton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Hamnet remains mostly faithful to the novel (O’Farrell collaborated with Zhao on the screenplay), but the two works center on different parts of the imagined timeline.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
As such, the production ties itself in knots trying to navigate the contradictory (and largely imagined) desires of American womandom.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Christopher Smith does this in a physical way, going from one dimension to another that’s as different from his own life as can possibly be imagined.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
While Amon’s keynote address in Maui imagined a future with numerous AI agents working on-device, the current reality is more modest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
The setting was warm and familial (yes, there was even a fireplace), calling to mind Demna’s imagined Gucci La Famiglia.
—Sofia Viganò, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Stewart had imagined shooting in Portland, Oregon.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
McNab even copied her outfits and imagined herself playing a similar role one day, since acting had already been her dream.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
This probably was not the ending many imagined for Hong Kong, but at least there are memories to be savored.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2025
Had Desai wished to more deeply explore such sociopolitical themes through the lives of her subjects, her ingeniously imagined secondary characters are waiting in the wings.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
For over two decades, Spring Studios has shaped how beauty is imagined, produced and experienced.
—Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagined
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The Bridge once again hosted a fashion week party in its Milan digs, with the set designed to take guests on an imaginary journey along the Tyrrhenian coast.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Soilonic is trying to make a digital token that isn’t just imaginary money.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By the late 2010s, the precursors of ChatGPT, Gemini, and DALL-E were spluttering to life, making real the future that the Army had envisioned in World War II.—
Angus Fletcher,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
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No one in the Ravens organization envisioned such a start.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Gonzalez, the former National Security Council official, said senior policymakers thought that embassy staff were showing favoritism to Bukele, sending reports that minimized the growing crisis of democracy in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Initially, the source was thought to be in an area between the football stadium and the high school’s dock area, but the gas utility determined that the leak was somewhere within the building.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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The internet being the internet, however, some fans had correctly guessed this twist was coming after sharing Harcourt’s observation about the population’s whiteness — matched with the fact that on the main Earth, Auggie was a virulent white supremacist known as the White Dragon.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Oscars host told Matt James that McNearney had guessed who the final three contestants would be on James' season of The Bachelor, and her picks were pretty close.—
Jolene Latimer,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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With its emphasis on competitiveness and staying on the edge of technological advancement, plus the perks, Intel was the place where graduates of top computer science schools, such as Caltech, dreamed of landing a gig.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Steve Sax is the homegrown kid who dreamed big and achieved it.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The funds will support ongoing rescue and cleanup efforts, including the removal of hazardous pressurized tanks scattered across Globe, many of which are believed to contain propane.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Grace is not weakness but resolve, the Charleston families believed, and politics, too, depends on a willingness to coax one another toward better ground.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The relative then spied a dead dog on an interstate nearby, and assumed the canine was Randy since both dogs had the same shading.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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Scientists have long assumed that dark energy is a constant, unchanging entity.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Garcia-Hernandez allegedly has convictions for giving fictitious information, evading arrest, driving while intoxicated and fleeing police.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Supervisors Janet Nguyen and Don Wagner raised concerns at the board’s Tuesday meeting about fictitious registrations following recent news of a dog that was registered to vote in two recent state elections and a lawsuit by the federal government over noncitizen voter records.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Imagined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagined. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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