Слово англійською: imagine
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Переклад imagine українською: уявляти собі, думати, гадати; припускати, just ~! — тільки подумайте!, здогадуватися, розуміти, I cannot ~ what you mean — не можу збагнути, що ви маєте на увазі, вигадувати, видумувати, замишляти, задумувати, to ~ mischief — задумувати зле
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- [transitive, intransitive] to form a picture in your mind of what something might be like
- imagine something The house was just as she had imagined it.
- Imagine my surprise when I opened the door to find him standing there.
- I can't imagine life without the children now.
- It's hard to imagine a more cynical political strategy.
- imagine (that)… Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.
- imagine what, how, etc… Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years?
- imagine doing something Imagine earning that much money!
- She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation.
- imagine somebody/something doing something I can just imagine him saying that!
- imagine somebody/something to be/do something I had imagined her to be older than that.
- imagine somebody/something/yourself (as) something He loved to imagine himself as the hero.
- I find it difficult to imagine her a grandmother.
- I can imagine him really angry.
- (informal) ‘He was furious.’ ‘I can imagine.’
Synonyms imagineimaginethink ▪ see ▪ envisage ▪ envisionThese words all mean to form an idea in your mind of what somebody/something might be like.imagine to form an idea in your mind of what somebody/something might be like:- The house was just as she had imagined it.
think to imagine something that might happen or might have happened:- We couldn’t think where you’d gone.
- Just think—this time tomorrow we’ll be lying on a beach.
see to consider something as a future possibility; to imagine somebody as something:- I can’t see her changing her mind.
- His colleagues see him as a future director.
envisage (especially British English) to imagine what will happen in the future:- I don’t envisage working with him again.
The usual word for this in American English is envision (see below).envision to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards:- They envision an equal society, free from poverty and disease.
Envision is used especially in business and political contexts. In North American English it is also used in the same way as envisage: I don’t envision working with him again. Patterns- to imagine/see/envisage/envision somebody/something as something
- to imagine/see/envisage/envision (somebody) doing something
- to imagine/think/see/envisage/envision who/what/how…
- to imagine/think/envisage/envision that…
More Like This Verbs usually followed by -ing formsVerbs usually followed by -ing forms- avoid
- consider
- delay
- deny
- enjoy
- escape
- finish
- give up
- imagine
- involve
- mention
- mind
- miss
- postpone
- practise
- resist
- risk
- suggest
- [transitive] to believe something that is not true
- imagine (that)… He’s always imagining (that) we’re talking about him behind his back.
- imagine something There's nobody there. You're imagining things.
- [intransitive, transitive] to think that something is probably true synonym suppose, assume
- ‘Can we still buy tickets for the concert?’ ‘I imagine so.’
- imagine (that)… I don’t imagine (that) they’ll refuse.
Express Yourself SpeculatingSpeculatingIn some exams, you have to talk about what you can see in a picture and speculate about the situation or a wider issue prompted by the picture. These are ways of saying what you think might be the case:- I think it's likely that these people know each other.
- I imagine she's his wife.
- They could be friends or work colleagues.
- I would guess they've been waiting for some time.
(British English)- I guess that the car has broken down.
(North American English)- I think this has probably happened before.
- It looks to me as though the woman is very angry.
- Perhaps there has been an accident.
- It may be that they're waiting for someone.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, both from imago, imagin- ‘image’.