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Imagine Pronunciation
Imagine is pronounced i-MA-juhn, IPA /ˌɪˈmædʒən/.
i-MA-juhn
US /ˌɪˈmædʒən/ · UK /ɪˈmædʒɪn/
Syllables: i · MA · juhn (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To form a picture of something in your mind.
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Imagine in a Sentence
- Imagine trying to park a lorry here.
- I cannot imagine why she agreed.
- He imagined the whole conversation.
Common Mispronunciations of Imagine
Not I-muh-jyn
Pull the stress onto MA, the middle beat, and keep the ending as a swallowed juhn.
Not i-MA-jeen
Hardly any vowel survives in the last beat. Imagination stretches the word out, but the verb keeps its ending tight.
Tip: Image and imagine put the beat in different places: I-muhj at the front, i-MA-juhn in the middle.
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