imagine, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

imagine (imagines 3rd person present) (imagining present participle) (imagined past tense & past participle )

1  verb If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it.
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene...  V n/-ing
Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow?...  V wh
Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore...  V that
I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh.  V n -ing/prep

2  verb If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case. (=suppose)
I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre...  V that
`Was he meeting someone?'<emdash>`I imagine so.'  V so/not

3 verb If you imagine something, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not. (=dream)
I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing. V n, Also V that