|Origin:||imaginer, from Latin imaginari, from imago; IMAGE|
i‧ma‧gine S2 W2 [transitive]
to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be like
Imagine that you have just won a million pounds.
Imagine life without hot water.
imagine what/how/why etc
Can you imagine what it's like when it's really hot out here in Delhi?
imagine somebody doing something
She could imagine dark-robed figures moving silently along the stone corridors.
(just) imagine doing something
Imagine doing a horrible job like that!
Just imagine going all that way for nothing!
imagine somebody/something as something
He didn't quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.
imagine somebody in/with/without etc something
Somehow I can't imagine him without a beard.
it is difficult/easy/possible/impossible etc to imagine something
After such a dry summer, it's difficult to imagine what rain looks like.
to have a false or wrong idea about something:
Perhaps she'd never really been there at all - perhaps she'd just imagined it.
She had imagined that the doctor would be male.
I was surprised when I saw the farm. I had imagined it would be much bigger.
3 [not in progressive]
to think that something is true or may happen, but without being sure or having proof:
'A very complicated subject, I imagine,' said Edwin.
You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.