Collocations for "imagine"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "imagine" in context.
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imagine
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- (just) imagine!
- imagine that!
- imagine (all) the [possibilities, potential, opportunities, money]
- (yes,) I can imagine
- I (should) imagine so
- I can well imagine [how, that, your]
- Can you imagine (such a thing)?
- [I, you] just can't imagine
- I can't begin to imagine
- I can't imagine him [doing, saying, not being]
- imagined myself [going, trying, being, winning, kissing]
- imagined her [going]
- imagined [going]
- imagined that he [was, hadn't, didn't]
- I imagine he (already) [had, did, went]
- imagine that [you, the, this]
- I imagine she will [come, go, stay]
- (just) imagine what you could [do, achieve] (if)
- (just) try to imagine
- imagine how it could have [been, gone, turned out]
- imagine a [better, safer, wonderful] world
- imagine a [world, time, better]
'imagine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anguish
- annoyed
- appalling
- astonishing
- awful
- bear
- bizarre
- boner
- can
- confusion
- dare
- daunting
- disappointment
- dismay
- dizzy
- dread
- dreadful
- fear
- free
- fun
- gross
- he
- heave
- kind
- like
- more
- never
- pain
- scare
- scary
- second
- shudder
- strain
- strength
- take
- tired
- try
- unbearable
- weird
- worse
- worst