Imagine and Operate

Imagine

Imagine verb - To form a mental picture of.

Operate and imagine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Imagine".

Operate

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

Imagine and operate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imagine" instead a verb "Operate".

Common collocations

way imagine way operate way

Both words in one sentence

  • Fiction 500 X-Men Film Series: Professor Charles Xavier comes from Old Money, and his inherited fortune must be ludicrously vast because he has the financial means to operate and maintain his Superhero School, which appears to house hundreds of students (can you imagine how high the food bill alone must be?).
    Source: Fiction 500
  • Characters / X-Men Film Series: Professor Charles Xavier aka: Professor Charles Francis Xavier Fiction500: He comes from Old Money, and his inherited fortune must be ludicrously vast because he has the financial means to operate and maintain his Superhero School, which appears to house hundreds of students (can you imagine how high the food bill alone must be?).
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