English Verbs Referring to "Imagination"

to dream

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to experience something in our mind while we are asleep

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Last night, I dreamt of flying over a beautiful landscape.

Every night, she dreams of exploring distant galaxies and meeting extraterrestrial beings.

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to imagine

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to make or have an image of something in our mind

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to daydream

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to imagine things while one is awake

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to fantasize

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to indulge in vivid and imaginative thoughts or desires

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to ideate

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to creatively form ideas

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to conjure up

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/kˈʌndʒɚɹ ˈʌp/

to cause something, such as a picture, image, or memory, to appear vividly in someone's mind

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transitive

Phrasal Status

separable

phrase's verb

conjure

phrase's particle

up

to visualize

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to form a mental image or picture of something

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to envision

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to picture something in one's mind

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to envisage

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to imagine something in one's mind, often considering it as a possible future scenario

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to picture

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to create a mental image or representation

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to make believe

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/mˌeɪk bɪlˈiːv/

to pretend or imagine something to be true

to hallucinate

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to see or experience something that is not present or real, often involving vivid and imagined sensations

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intransitive

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