0 past simple and past participle of imagine
1 to form or have a mental picture or idea of something:
Imagine Robert Redford when he was young - that's what John looks like.
[ + (that) ] Imagine (that) you're eating ice cream - try to feel how cold it is.
[ + question word ] Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?
[ + -ing verb ] She imagined herself sitting in her favourite chair back home.
They hadn't imagined (= expected) (that) it would be so difficult.
I can't imagine (= I really don't know) what he wants from us.
[ + (that) ] I imagine (that) he's under a lot of pressure at the moment.
I don't imagine (that) they have much money.
"Will they change it?" "I imagine so."
"Did you hear a noise?" "No, you're imagining things/No, you must have imagined it."
I've never heard her criticize you - I think you imagine it.
She got married at 16! Imagine that!
[ + -ing verb ] Imagine spending all that money on a coat!
You can't imagine what a mess the house was in after the party.
Spending Christmas with him and his brother - I can't imagine anything worse!
Try to imagine what life must have been like for Neolithic man 10 000 years ago.
You can't imagine what it would be like to have your child die - it's quite unthinkable.
He has the most awful taste so you can probably imagine what his house looks like.
They both joined religious associations that re-created and reinforced the intimacy of an imagined but bygone village community.
Symbolic talk involves talk about play characters, their imagined actions, speech, and states, and characteristics of the imagined story setting.
Under these treatment conditions, we consider the imagined interaction effect described above to be highly unlikely.
