different between imagine vs prefigure

English

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin im?ginor, from im?ginem, the accusative singular of im?g? (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæd?.?n/
• Hyphenation: imag?ine

Verb

imagine (third-person singular simple present imagines, present participle imagining, simple past and past participle imagined)

1. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
2. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.

3. (transitive) to assume

4. (transitive) to conjecture or guess

5. (intransitive) to use one's imagination

6. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Synonyms

• ween

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

imagine (plural imagines)

1. (fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
   • 2015, Laura Starling, "FFIC101: An Introduction to the Horrors of Fanfiction", Critic (University of Otago), 2 March 2015, page 21:

     Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob."

   • 2016, Jocelyn Chambers, "The Exclusion Of People Of Color In Fanfiction", Majesty, December 2016, page 96:

     i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them.

   • 2019, "thranduilsperkybutt", quoted in "Author Spotlight: thranduilsperkybutt", Lemon, February 2019, page 37:

     If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:imagine.

French

Verb

imagine

1. first-person singular present indicative of imaginer
2. third-person singular present indicative of imaginer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
5. second-person singular imperative of imaginer

Latin

Noun

im?gine

1. ablative singular of im?g?

Portuguese

Verb

imagine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of imaginar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of imaginar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of imaginar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of imaginar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin im?g?, im?ginem, French image.

Noun

imagine f (plural imagini)

1. image

Declension

Related terms

• imagina

See also

• poz?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ima?xine/, [i.ma?xi.ne]

Verb

imagine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of imaginar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English prefiguren, from Latin praefigurare, from figurare (“to shape, picture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i?f??j?/

Verb

prefigure (third-person singular simple present prefigures, present participle prefiguring, simple past and past participle prefigured)

1. To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context).
2. To predict or foresee.

Synonyms

• presage
• portend
• forereckon
• foreshadow
• announce

Derived terms

• prefigurement

Translations

Noun

prefigure (plural prefigures)

1. That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
   • 2005, Leerom Medovoi, Rebels: Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity (page 293)

     Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.

   • 2012, C. S. Shapley, Studies in French Poetry of the Fifteenth Century (page 5)

     In his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.

Spanish

Verb

prefigure

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of prefigurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of prefigurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of prefigurar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of prefigurar.