as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
got needlessly upset about imagined dangers
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as in envisioned
to form a mental picture of
she was determined to have the wedding that she had always imagined
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as in thought
to have as an opinion
I imagine that's true, but you still have to prove it
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as in guessed
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
I imagine things will change rapidly once we begin
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Recent Examples of imagined
Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Prompted by Einstein, the noncompliant witnesses in the 1950s reshaped the public discussion, refocusing the conversation on the importance of freedom of expression rather than the fears of imagined communist infiltration.
—Jodie Childers, The Conversation, 20 Nov. 2025
Stories, dreams, movies, poetry, and songs exist in real or imagined landscapes.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
Both blend horrific imagery in the real and imagined world, however.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Yet politicians often effectively leverage fears to garner votes, and companies routinely market unnecessary products that promise protection from imagined or exaggerated harms.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
On the surface, the glorious black-and-white concoction, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last May, tells the (mostly imagined) story of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s epoch-defining 1960 movie, Breathless.
—Tomris Laffly, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
The rules of fiction require me to do this indirectly, constructing a narrator—whether a character or an imagined voice—to deliver the text at hand.
—Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
His head began bobbing to an imagined beat.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
His Lampe Arche, made to order in France of aluminum and glass, feels a bit like a mooring post as imagined by a yacht designer, thanks to its gleaming surface.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2025
The girls, now 15, were set to compete in a cheerleading competition in Corpus Christi — a milestone their parents couldn't have quite imagined back in 2016.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Society insisted that women were the dependents of men, and working women were conveniently imagined as wives and daughters earning pocket money to purchase lace doilies for their dressing tables.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Thomas Schelling — writing long before cell phones and text messages — imagined an example where traveling companions in an unfamiliar city get separated.
—Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
Progress has been better than many imagined, but also too slow to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
With eight lengthy tracks on the album and a few others slated for the live show, the songs are re-imagined rather than strictly covered.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Interestingly, the designs Teddy had imagined were remarkably close to what is eventually revealed in the film.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
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Taken together, the books on this list show narrators real and imagined grappling with some of life’s greatest challenges, and nevertheless surviving—as timely and valuable a message as readers can ask for.
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But in today’s world of digital creators, those seeking fame face competition in a way Khan’s generation never could have imagined.
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As players shoot around, Jake cradles a ball before blowing past an imaginary defender to hammer home a dunk.—
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At the opening, Natalie, bored and filled with loathing for her parents, flees her family home by retreating into imaginary worlds of vivid, eroticized violence.—
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According to the post, her boyfriend envisioned them buying property together later, using only their own money.—
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Still, occupancy stands at 75%, management is now offering six weeks of free rent for new tenants signing a year-long lease, and the 5,000-square-foot space envisioned for an upscale restaurant remains without an occupant.—
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But as his son’s college dreams were coming into focus, Dominique thought about his own path and upbringing.—
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Though no premiere date has been announced, it is thought it could be released as soon as late this spring.—
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Nineteenth-century reporters could be extremely casual with facts and guessed at the spelling of names.—
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After the album dropped, Jason spoke with Travis, 35, about the song on their New Heights podcast — and guessed at what tree his own manhood would be.—
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As the voice of Rumi, Ejae performed the lead vocals of all the songs for HUNTR/X, the movie's fictional k-pop girl group that moonlights as demon hunters who protect the world from soul-sucking monsters.—
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In the fictional story of the Shakespeare family, their family tragedy leads Shakespeare to write Hamlet.—
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Relatives and health officials say an 11-year-old girl who dreamed of becoming a doctor, a teenage girl and two boys in a tent camp were among those killed on Thursday.—
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Kids who had never set foot in Miami-Dade County but dreamed of palm trees, South Beach and a game played with an edge they’d never been allowed to show.—
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But where Smith believed unrealistically in talismanic lists and self-help books to redirect his life, Capote clung fiercely to his own brilliance and hard work.—
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Columbus police have not said whether McKee is believed to be the person shown in the video.—
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In the 12 and a half years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired and the two since Sir Jim Ratcliffe assumed control of the club’s football operations, United have evidently not become a better football club.—
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That same year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created and assumed control of the program.—
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“Imagined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagined. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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