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{ "term": "image", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a picture, photograph or statue that represents somebody/something", "sensetop": "image of somebody/somethingin the image of somebody/something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Most simple leaflets will include text and images." }, { "text": "We already have more than 22 000 **digital images** on file." }, { "text": "The **visual image** is steadily replacing the written word." }, { "text": "Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls.", "contextForm": "image of somebody/something" }, { "text": "Consider the images of war that fill the pages of our newspapers." }, { "text": "a wooden image of the Hindu god Ganesh" }, { "text": "An exhibition of images of St Nicholas is on display in the cathedral." }, { "text": "In the Bible it states that humans were created in the image of God.", "contextForm": "in the image of somebody/something" }, { "text": "The display juxtaposed images from serious and popular art." }, { "text": "a live close-up image of her face" }, { "text": "humorous posters bearing an image of a squatting dog" }, { "text": "powerful and disturbing images of the war" }, { "text": "the painted image of a human being" }, { "text": "traditional images of Christmas" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["living", "spitting", "mirror"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a picture of somebody/something seen in a mirror, through a camera, or on a television, computer, phone, etc.", "sensetop": "image from somethingimage of something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He stared at his own image reflected in the water." }, { "text": "Slowly, an image began to appear on the screen." }, { "text": "Click on the image for a larger version." }, { "text": "Police will study the images from CCTV cameras.", "contextForm": "image from something" }, { "text": "The camera **captured an image** of the suspect and his car.", "contextForm": "image of something" }, { "text": "The satellite provides high-resolution images of the Earth's surface." }, { "text": "The **image quality** is too low." }, { "text": "After exposure a faint image is visible." }, { "text": "Each illustration is displayed as a complete screen image." }, { "text": "She longed to capture the image on film." }, { "text": "The process uses silver plates rather than film to create an image." }, { "text": "The devices are capable of enlarging the image." }, { "text": "The machine can capture a three-dimensional image of a patient's heart." }, { "text": "They can connect directly to the image files and allow the customer to view them." }, { "text": "Under each thumbnail image is a link to a larger illustration." }, { "text": "Visitors can view live radar images and listen in to the control tower." }, { "text": "You can store these images in a separate computer file." }, { "text": "heat images that show where most of the activity in the brain is" }, { "text": "the pixel information used to display a digital image" }, { "text": "the use of still and moving video images" }, { "text": "In real life she looks nothing like her screen image." }, { "text": "satellite images of Hurricane Floyd posted on NASA's website" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["compelling", "dramatic", "graphic"], "verb + image": ["generate", "produce", "reproduce"], "image + verb": [ "depict something", "reflect something", "represent something" ], "image + noun": ["capture", "processing", "analysis"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the impression that a person, an organization, a product, etc. gives to the public", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "His **public image** is very different from the real person." }, { "text": "The advertisements are intended to improve the company's image." }, { "text": "Image is very important in the music world." }, { "text": "It was years before the country was able to **project an image** of stability again." }, { "text": "The campaign aims to **create a new image** for the city." }, { "text": "stereotyped images of women in children’s books" }, { "text": "to have a positive/negative image" }, { "text": "The company changed its name on the advice of an **image consultant**." }, { "text": "Perfume companies owe their success to brand image." }, { "text": "Eastwood maintained an image as a tough guy." }, { "text": "He's a good player with a clean image." }, { "text": "She is now seeking to soften her image for voters." }, { "text": "The company needs to create a new image for itself." }, { "text": "The group has failed to live up to its macho image." }, { "text": "The industry is trying to shed its negative image." }, { "text": "The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished image." }, { "text": "an effort to improve the organization's public image" }, { "text": "The advertisements are intended to improve the company's image." }, { "text": "Firms of all sizes expend resources to maintain a positive public image." }, { "text": "Unfortunately, in today's world, image is everything." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["good", "positive", "negative"], "verb + image": ["create", "convey", "cultivate"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a mental picture that you have of what somebody/something is like or looks like", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "images of the past" }, { "text": "I had a **mental image** of what she would look like." }, { "text": "Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless cottage cheese salads." }, { "text": "He didn't fit my image of the boss." }, { "text": "She started to recall images from her past." }, { "text": "I like to build up images of the characters and setting before I start to write." }, { "text": "It leaves indelible images imprinted on your mind." }, { "text": "Samba always seems to conjure up images of Brazil." }, { "text": "The history books built up a false image of an unpopular president." }, { "text": "I always had an image of her standing by that window gazing out." }, { "text": "He represents the perfect image of a clean-living college boy." }, { "text": "The word ‘meditate’ conjures images of sitting cross-legged on a pillow, eyes closed." }, { "text": "The popular image of Keats is as the archetypal frail, sensitive poet." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["powerful", "vivid", "sudden"], "verb + image": ["have", "bring to mind", "call to mind"], "preposition": ["image from"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a word or phrase used with a different meaning from its normal one, in order to describe something in a way that produces a strong picture in the mind", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Her writings are full of poetic images of the countryside." } ], "topics": ["Literature and writing"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to look very like somebody/something else", "examples": [ { "text": "He's the image of his father." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈɪmɪdʒ/", "audio": "im/image/image__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈɪmɪdʒ/", "audio": "im/image/image__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin imago; related to imitate." }