To conceive something again in a different way, especially by changing its framing or possibilities.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reimagine a story
- reimagine a space
On the page
The adaptation reimagined the story without claiming to replace the historical record.
The proposal reimagines the space as a shared resource rather than a private display.
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Word forms
- Base
- reimagine
- Past tense
- reimagined
- Past participle
- reimagined
- Present participle
- reimagining
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reimagine
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reimagining
- Present perfect
- have/has reimagined
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reimagining
- Past
- reimagined
- Past continuous
- was/were reimagining
- Past perfect
- had reimagined
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reimagining
- Future
- will reimagine
- Future continuous
- will be reimagining
- Future perfect
- will have reimagined
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reimagining
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: reimagine; reimagines; reimagined; reimagined; reimagining Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reimagines.
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