IMAGINE in sign language

How to sign "imagine", "imagination" in American Sign Language (ASL)?

Meaning (imagine): to create a mental image of something.

Pronunciation (sign description): Two-handed "i" hands in front of the sides of head move alternately in circular clockwise motion a couple of times.

Related signs: VISUALIZE, ENVISION/.


Meaning: suppose or assume. See synonyms: ASSUME, EXPECT, SUPPOSE, FEEL, THINK, CONCEIVE.

Phrase: imagine that

Meaning: imagine that?!

Colloquial term in ASL. Can you image that? (rhetorical question).

Learner tip: Don't confuse this similar sign with IDEA.

Related signs: SURPRISE, ASTONISHMENT, DISBELIF.

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