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
Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Piech’s experience suggests that Sora videos could activate spatial memory, meaning that Sora videos also tripped up the brain’s more fundamental systems for sorting real from imagined.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
Some version of this happens in all your books—an imagined future opens up new possibilities in the present.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The title track is simply a recitation of imagined Spotify playlists, and once the joke lands we’re not left with much.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 25 Mar. 2026
The campaign, which started in 2024, is part of the zoo's overall goal to fund a world-class aquarium, a larger education center and a re-imagined butterfly garden at the Great Plains Zoo campus.
—Shelly Conlon, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 17 Mar. 2026
Paintings around the room place the sculptures in imagined settings, and some scenes are accompanied by silhouetted figures, which act as a conduit for the viewer to project themself into the dreamscape of a past world or bizarre future.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 11 Mar. 2026
Humans Must Stay in the Driver’s Seat William’s question was never hypothetical nor an imagined coup.
—Victoria Bousis, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
The imagined audience in his head disappeared.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 Mar. 2026
Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
They were imagined by elite writers.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
As anyone who has been shopping anytime in the last half-century knows, the UPC worked even better than imagined.
—Paul Edward Parker, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Now 5, William is thriving in ways his parents once only imagined.
—Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Population, just as Ehrlich imagined, would be shaping economics well into the 21st century.
—Daniel Moss, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
The accomplishments of the Trust, with its breadth and depth, are truly remarkable and beyond what many have imagined.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
That leads you at times to think Mantello has imagined the play — with its flashbacks as Willy imagines the road not taken — as taking place inside Willy’s head.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Instead of swing sets or seesaws, Noguchi imagined the land itself forming ridges, steps, and mounds that would invite free-form play.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
Instead of small neighborhood stores with limited inventory, Marcus and Blank imagined warehouse-sized spaces filled with everything homeowners or contractors might need — from lumber and drywall to appliances and lighting.
—Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Piech’s experience suggests that Sora videos could activate spatial memory, meaning that Sora videos also tripped up the brain’s more fundamental systems for sorting real from imagined.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
Some version of this happens in all your books—an imagined future opens up new possibilities in the present.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The title track is simply a recitation of imagined Spotify playlists, and once the joke lands we’re not left with much.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 25 Mar. 2026
The campaign, which started in 2024, is part of the zoo's overall goal to fund a world-class aquarium, a larger education center and a re-imagined butterfly garden at the Great Plains Zoo campus.
—Shelly Conlon, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 17 Mar. 2026
Paintings around the room place the sculptures in imagined settings, and some scenes are accompanied by silhouetted figures, which act as a conduit for the viewer to project themself into the dreamscape of a past world or bizarre future.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 11 Mar. 2026
Humans Must Stay in the Driver’s Seat William’s question was never hypothetical nor an imagined coup.
—Victoria Bousis, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
The imagined audience in his head disappeared.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
Grunhaus, Popescu, and Rohrlich imagined jamming as a kind of super-entanglement that could interfere with entangled particles.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
They were imagined by elite writers.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
As anyone who has been shopping anytime in the last half-century knows, the UPC worked even better than imagined.
—Paul Edward Parker, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Now 5, William is thriving in ways his parents once only imagined.
—Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Population, just as Ehrlich imagined, would be shaping economics well into the 21st century.
—Daniel Moss, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
The accomplishments of the Trust, with its breadth and depth, are truly remarkable and beyond what many have imagined.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
That leads you at times to think Mantello has imagined the play — with its flashbacks as Willy imagines the road not taken — as taking place inside Willy’s head.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Instead of swing sets or seesaws, Noguchi imagined the land itself forming ridges, steps, and mounds that would invite free-form play.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagined
Adjective
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And so the super, super devoted fans really do know each other and really are jockeying with each other for position in a way that feels both real and imaginary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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No borders and a thin blue line Viewing the Earth from space, White highlights, drives home that the borders that mark our maps are largely imaginary.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The end result was far from what the client had envisioned.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Beyond pure research, practical applications are also envisioned.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Ford station wagon thought to belong to the family was found in 2024 by Archer Mayo, a diver who had been looking for it for several years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The hackers, thought to be working on behalf of the DPRK, approached Drift team members at a cryptocurrency conference in late 2025 and pretended to be from a trading firm looking to build on the blockchain protocol.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Readers will have guessed, for instance, that Sam is gay long before anyone in the book does.—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Tolbert had broken for second on Zerpa’s move and guessed wrong.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Gemmill echoed the sentiment, emphasizing that the priority is maintaining the realism of the show, which centers on a fictional hospital in Pittsburgh.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Apr. 2026
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Then again, an especially good fictional song can come to feel more real than its story of origin.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Officials dreamed of a futuristic span serving people crossing from Sacramento’s burgeoning Railyards development and beautifying a riverfront.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The profits from Snow White were used to build Walt’s long-dreamt-of animation studio, organized on the modern Taylorist factory model.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Scalping tickets wasn’t new, of course, but Kahn believed that its formalization online provided sports teams, and other entertainment businesses, with valuable information about demand that could enable them to make more money without alienating their most loyal fans.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The team believed the killer had acted alone.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As a reluctant child of the Ain’t it Cool News era, the Drafthouse had long assumed some kind of legendary status in my mind.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Investors have assumed that geopolitical tensions will eventually fade and markets will rebound.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Imagined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagined. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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