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Meanings of imagine in English

Portuguese
achar
Catalan
suposar
Spanish
imaginar

To have as opinion, belief, or idea.

achar
Portuguese
imaginar
Catalan
imaginar
Spanish
imaginar

Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.

imaginar
Usage of imagine in English
1
You can imagine the number of cases will definitely increase, Bajwa said.
Reuters
2
I imagine they wanted to investigate the problem; I just wanted out.
Repo men
3
As one might imagine, different threat groups launder money in different ways.
Reuters
4
The future depends on your ability to imagine and create the future.
Ebony
5
As you can imagine people are stunned over this 'great escape' attempt.
The South African
6
You can imagine how much work we're going to get done today.
The new yorker
7
Can you imagine such impudence!' 'Anything since then?' asked the other hoarsely.
Heart Of Darkness
8
It's hard to imagine she came from anywhere else now, especially Europe.
The Guardian
9
The outline of an agreement on debt is certainly easy to imagine.
The Guardian
10
I simply can't imagine a better novel being pub lished this year.
Fugitive pieces
11
As you might imagine, climate change is often high on the agenda.
Radio NZ
12
The best teams score late winners less often than some bettors imagine.
The Guardian
13
And also because it was Europe, it was nice to imagine it.
Reuters
14
It's hard to imagine a future where books stand apart as different.
Wired
15
Right now, it's difficult to imagine oneself without that group of people.
The South African
16
Can you imagine what would happen if they actually called it right?
News.com.au
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Common
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Common
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