imagine
verb
[ ɪˈmadʒɪn ]
• form a mental image or concept of.
• "she imagined him at his desk, his head in his hands"
Similar:
visualize,
envisage,
envision,
picture,
form a picture of,
see in the mind's eye,
conjure up,
conceptualize,
dream about,
fantasize about,
dream up,
think up,
conceive,
think of,
plan,
project,
scheme,
• suppose or assume.
• "after Ned died, everyone imagined that Mabel would move away"
Similar:
assume,
presume,
expect,
take it,
take it for granted,
take it as read,
take it as given,
presuppose,
suppose,
think it likely,
dare say,
think,
surmise,
conjecture,
believe,
be of the opinion that,
fancy,
feel,
be of the view,
be under the impression,
figure,
guess,
reckon,
opine,
ween,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, both from imago, imagin- ‘image’.
