hallucinates

verb

Definition of hallucinatesnext
present tense third-person singular of hallucinate
as in sees
to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever.

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  1. sees
  2. contemplates
  3. imagines
Verb
  • About half the deal flow the investment fund sees originates through one of those two businesses, a quarter from the 50 LPs in the fund and the rest from cold calls to, or from, new concepts.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Mail app sees new categorization options and more.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of sees
Verb
  • As currently configured, the settlement contemplates billions of dollars in payments to former, current and future athletes.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As Denzel contemplates retirement, the Washington legacy is far from over.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of contemplates
Verb
  • Google first showed a demo of its all-encompassing, multimodal virtual assistant at Google I/O this spring and clearly imagines Astra as an always-on helper in your life.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The company imagines Sora not as a filmmaker but as a filmmaker's sounding board.
    Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of imagines
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