imagine

noun

(fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.

verb

(transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.

(transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.

(transitive) To assume; to suppose.

(transitive) To conjecture; to guess.

(intransitive) To use one's imagination.

(transitive, Internet slang, rhetorical, sarcastic) Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.

(transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

Roots

imagoimag- · Latin · image, likeness

Synonyms for imagine

envisagev thinkv supposev envisionv guessv ideatev reckonv visualizev fantasizev daresayadj contemplatev presumev surmisev considerv assumev conceivev presurmisev realizev believev

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