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conceive |
to be able to think of or imagine. [1/6 definitions] |
dream |
to imagine something with a desire for its becoming reality (usu. fol. by "of"). [2/13 definitions] |
envisage |
to imagine; foresee. |
envision |
to picture or visualize in the mind; imagine. |
fancy |
to imagine or picture. [1/14 definitions] |
fantasize |
to dream up or create a fantasy about; imagine. [1/2 definitions] |
fantasy |
to imagine, fantasize, or dream. [1/5 definitions] |
ideate |
to form a thought or idea of; imagine. [1/2 definitions] |
imaginable |
possible to imagine; conceivable. |
invention |
the ability or capacity to invent, devise, originate, or imagine; inventiveness. [1/5 definitions] |
make a mountain out of a molehill |
to imagine something to be much more significant or more of a problem than it really is. |
make believe |
to pretend or imagine. |
picture |
to create a mental image of; imagine. [1/8 definitions] |
prefigure |
to have an image of beforehand; imagine. [1/2 definitions] |
pretend |
esp. in play, to imagine (something) to be so, or to act as if (something) were so. [1/7 definitions] |
think |
to form, as an idea; imagine. [1/13 definitions] |
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