imagining

i-mag-in-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    (Verb) Forming a mental image or concept of something not present or real.

  2. 2.

    (Noun) A mental image or idea; something imagined.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    imagining things — perceiving something that is not real; hallucinating
  • •
    beyond imagining — impossible to conceive or picture

Related words

Antonyms: observing, witnessing
See also: imagination, imagine, imagined
Synonyms: conceiving, envisioning, picturing

Etymology

From Latin imaginari ("to picture to oneself"), from imago ("image"). The "-ing" suffix marks the present participle and forms the gerund.