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hallucinate

[ huh-loo-suh-neyt ]

verb (used without object)

hallucinated, hallucinating.
  1. to see or hear things that do not exist outside the mind; have hallucinations:

    People who ingested this fungus often hallucinated, seeing colored lights or hearing voices.

  2. Computers, Digital Technology. (of a machine learning program) to produce false information contrary to the intent of the user and present it as if true and factual.


verb (used with object)

hallucinated, hallucinating.
  1. to see or hear (things that do not exist outside the mind); have hallucinations about:

    In dramatic moments, the character hallucinates a very funny animated bear.

  2. Archaic. to affect with hallucinations.

hallucinate

/ əˈːɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. intr to experience hallucinations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 󲹱ˈܳˌԲٴǰ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹱···Բ·ٴǰ noun
  • ԴDz·󲹱···Բ· adjective
  • ܲ·󲹱···Բ· adjective
  • ܲ·󲹱···Բ·Բ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hallucinate1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin 󲹱ūٳܲ “wandered mentally” past participle of 󲹱ūī, variant of ()ūī “to dream, talk idly, wander mentally”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hallucinate1

C17: from Latin ūī to wander in mind; compare Greek aluein to be distraught
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Earlier this year, Apple suspended its Apple Intelligence news summary tool in the UK after it hallucinated false headlines and presented them as real news.

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He was treated with potent steroids and “hallucinated the entire season,” Bernad said.

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To prevent such AI from hallucinating, "you need to make sure it's penalised in its training, if it gives you something that doesn't exist," says Prof MacMahon.

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His wife Lorraine said she thought he was hallucinating when he said he had reindeers in his room.

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In evidence, Irwin, of George Street, described suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, which caused him to hear voices and hallucinate.

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