imagines

verb

present tense third-person singular of imagine
1
as in envisions
to form a mental picture of she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined

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2
as in thinks
to have as an opinion I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it

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3
as in assumes
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 imagines Bacon’s own utopian fantasy The New Atlantis imagines a brave technocratic future, and seemingly predicts everything from submarines to genetic modification and the internet. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026 Rooms With the Hanoi Opera House just steps away, each of Capella Hanoi's 47 rooms and suites imagines the private quarters of an opera legend. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 Swift appears as a spectral figure trying to warn Johnson that, based on her own experience, her rich husband has more sinister intentions than his current bride imagines. — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026 Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026 But rather than simply skewering the American dream, Pedercini’s game imagines an entirely new one. — Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 In the series of small works measuring 11 by 15 inches, Nickless imagines microscopic forms resembling cells and bacteria. — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 The book imagines a dystopian American wasteland where pregnant women are surveilled and controlled. — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Zvyagintsev’s story, like Chabrol’s, imagines the tragic fallout of a husband discovering his wife’s infidelity. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagines
  1. envisions
  2. thinks
  3. assumes
  4. sees
  5. believes
  6. guesses
  7. conceives
  8. considers
Verb
  • Tesla envisions the vehicle operating without a human driver as part of an autonomous ride-hailing service.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Last week, the government submitted a 106-page plan for the arch that envisions a massive structure more than 12 stories high that includes a huge bronze statue of Lady Liberty with wings and carrying a torch with an eternal flame.
    — Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of envisions
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  • The local rabble-rouser thinks people will be pleasantly surprised, And not just those who lived through that insane time.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Blank thinks many California transplants were primarily motivated by housing costs, with politics being secondary.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of thinks
Verb
  • Castro assumes his role at a time of uncertainty for the 2027 baseball season, with a lockout looking increasingly likely and the annual Winter Meetings in December potentially subject to cancellation.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Evercore's middle scenario assumes a divided Congress, an undisputed election and no military escalation in Iran, putting the year-end S & P 500 target at 7,750, a little less than 3% above Monday's close.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of assumes
Verb
  • What the viewer sees is how a GM’s decisions require expertise extending beyond straight analytical capability.
    — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • As King Olav Haraldsson wages a brutal campaign to unite Norway under one throne and one God, Aud, a gifted blacksmith, sees her world torn apart.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • Lee, the personal trainer, believes Dubai’s fitness drive has found fertile ground because of the city’s demographic and design.
    — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Los Angeles voters also approved a charter amendment that will allow the City Council to disband the Public Works Board, a move that Matute believes will allow the city to streamline infrastructure projects.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of believes
Verb
  • Logan Wright, the author of Broken China, guesses that growth is now running at no more than 1% — and may even be zero.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The system consists of a predictive algorithm that guesses how a robot is broken, along with robotic manipulators that actually take the broken robot apart.
    — Kohava Mendelsohn, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of guesses
Verb
  • The film conceives of a universe ruled by blind luck, fundamentally indifferent to human suffering and moral comeuppance.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its founder, Fabrizio Di Amato, conceives it not as a hotel brand in the conventional sense but as the beginning of a wider world—a connected collection of destinations where Italian hospitality, design and culture merge.
    — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 21 June 2026
Definition of conceives
Verb
  • That pragmatism also extends to sustainability, which Park considers integral to the creative process rather than a separate exercise.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • And expect a fight over whether to reauthorize user fees that fund roughly half the FDA — legislation that pharma considers must-pass and that Sanders has opposed for decades.
    — David Lim, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of considers

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