Kilo Lingo

imagine

/ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/

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Translation

To make a picture in your mind of something that is not there or not real.

Word origin

From Latin imaginari, meaning to form a picture in the mind, from imago meaning image.

Origin
Latin
Root
imaginari

Grammar

Verb typeregular (imagine, imagines, imagined)

Examples

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"Imagine" means to make a picture of it in your mind.

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"Imagines" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Imagined" is the past form of "imagine".

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This word is part of lesson 11.