imagine
If you imagine a situation, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it.
It is difficult to imagine such a huge building.
Try to imagine you're on a beautiful beach.
You can use an -ing form after imagine.
It is hard to imagine anyone being so cruel.
She could not imagine living with Daniel.
Be careful
Don't use a to-infinitive after imagine. Don't say, for example, ‘She could not imagine to live with Daniel’.
Don't use a to-infinitive after imagine. Don't say, for example, ‘She could not imagine to live with Daniel’.
If you imagine something is true, you think it is probably true.
I imagine it would be difficult to make money from a business like that.
I imagine that he finds his work very satisfying.
You can say ‘I imagine so’ or ‘I would imagine so’ if someone asks you if something is true and you think that it probably is.
‘Could he get through that window?’ – ‘I imagine so.’
‘Was that why she left?’ – ‘I would imagine so.’
Be careful
Don't say ‘I imagine it’.
Don't say ‘I imagine it’.
Instead of saying that you ‘imagine something is not’ true, you usually say that you don't imagine it is true.
I don't imagine we'll have a problem, anyway.