hallucinating

verb

Definition of hallucinatingnext
present participle of hallucinate
as in seeing
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. seeing
  2. dreaming
  3. imagining
  4. contemplating
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  • Sports and entertainment fans will be seeing a lot more of Verizon this season, as the telecommunications company has been announced as the Official Mobile Wireless Partner for the MSG Family of Companies.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Indeed, the conclusion the film reaches gestures in this direction, with the sentiment that perhaps the most important thing is that the family experience quality time with each other, more than seeing giraffes and camels and hiking the Himalayas.
    Catherine Bray, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of seeing
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  • Which means neither of us were dreaming of living in the suburbs, but ironically our life is now very classic suburbia, living in a house just south of Aarhus, Denmark’s second biggest city.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Ultimately, the synergy between Hilton’s signature hospitality and Rochon’s savant-like design graces — the dichotomy of a California dreaming state of mind with unabashed refinement — is a match made in hotel heaven for all guests to relish.
    Tiffany Leigh, Travel + Leisure, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of dreaming
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  • Odds are, your hunter is imagining deboning hindquarters and wrapping steaks themselves.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Re-imagining the Wheel Due to their size and the presence of whorls, the pebbles were likely used as an early version of a spinning wheel to gather up fibers like wool or flax and transform it into yarn.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of imagining
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  • Levi is also contemplating selling its Dockers business, which the company said has been underperforming.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nor has there been any clear signal so far of what kind of response to Iran’s unprecedented missile barrage Israel is contemplating.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of contemplating
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