# imagines

Pronunciation: say "i-MAJ-inz" US /ɪˈmæd͡ʒənz/, UK /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnz/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative of imagine. — third-person singular simple present indicative of imagine
   - Simple: The form of imagine used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The child imagines whole worlds inside an empty cardboard box._
   - _Whenever the market dips, she imagines the worst possible outcome._

## Noun

2. Plural of imago. — plural of imago (pronounced: US say "i-MAY-guh-niz" /ɪˈmeɪɡəˌniz/; UK say "i-MAY-ji-neez" /ɪˈmeɪd͡ʒɪniːz/)
   - Simple: Plural of imago. Use this when there is more than one adult insect.
   - _Entomologists counted the imagines hatching from the collected pupae._
   - _By midsummer the colony's imagines outnumbered the remaining larvae._
3. Plural of imagine. *(slang)* — plural of imagine
   - Simple: Plural of imagine. In fan slang, short stories in which the reader imagines being with a famous person.
   - _Her blog is full of imagines in which the reader goes on a date with a pop star._
   - _The account posts short imagines about the show's cast every week._

## Origin

**Meaning 2** — A learned borrowing from Latin "imāginēs".
**Meanings 1, 3** — Formed from "imagine" with the ending "-s".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/imagines (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).