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imagine

US /ˌɪˈmædʒən/

verb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Imagine how much time we could save with a faster computer system.

Word Family

NounNoun
imagination imaginativeness
VerbVerb
imagine gốc
AdjectiveAdj
imaginative
AdverbAdv
imaginatively

Synonyms

  • visualizeimagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  • picturea visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  • envisionimagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Collocations

  • Easy imagine that
    to imagine that, meaning to form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
  • Medium hard to imagine better solution
    describing hard to imagine better solution (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
  • Hard cannot imagine magnitude of losses
    a collocation phrase: cannot imagine magnitude of losses
  • Very Hard imagine scenarios to stress-test models
    to imagine scenarios to stress-test models, meaning to form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

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