- image
- noun1 impression of sb/sth given to the publicADJECTIVE▪ good, positive▪ negative▪ tarnished▪
The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished image.
▪ poor▪The industry had a poor image.
▪ false▪The history books built up a false image of an unpopular president.
▪ clean, clean-cut (esp. BrE), perfect, squeaky-clean, wholesome▪He's a good player with a clean image.
▪He represents the perfect image of a clean-living college boy.
▪ macho▪ hackneyed▪the hackneyed image of the poor student
▪ traditional▪traditional images of motherhood
▪ media, public, screen▪In real life she looks nothing like her screen image.
▪ brand, corporate▪Champagne houses owe their success to brand image.
VERB + IMAGE▪ create▪The company needs to create a new image for itself.
▪ convey, cultivate, present, project, promote▪a book which presents positive images of older people
▪ change, transform▪ bolster, boost, burnish (esp. AmE), clean up, enhance, improve, polish, revive▪an effort to improve the organization's public image
▪ soften▪She is now seeking to soften her image for voters.
▪ keep up, live up to, maintain▪The group has failed to live up to its macho image.
▪Eastwood has maintained an image as a tough guy.
▪ shed▪The industry is trying to shed its negative image.
▪ mar (esp. AmE), ruin, tarnish2 mental picture of sb/sthADJECTIVE▪ powerful, vivid▪ sudden▪She had a sudden mental image of herself in a wedding dress.
▪ positive▪ negative▪ distorted▪the distorted images in his dreams
▪ enduring, indelible▪It leaves indelible images imprinted on your mind.
▪ unrealistic▪unrealistic images of the ideal body
▪ popular▪ ideal▪the ideal image of American citizenship
▪ stereotyped, stereotypical▪ mental▪ body▪help with eating disorders and body image
▪ literary, poetic▪ dreamVERB + IMAGE▪ have▪ bring to mind, call to mind, conjure, conjure up, evoke, recall, summon, summon up▪Samba always seems to conjure up images of Brazil.
▪the ability to summon up images in the mind
▪ build, build up, form▪I like to build up images of the characters and setting before I start to write.
▪ fit▪He didn't fit my image of the boss.
▪ use▪ reinforce▪Treating disabled people like children only reinforces negative images of disability.
PREPOSITION▪ image from▪He started to recall images from his past.
3 copyADJECTIVE▪ living, spitting▪He's the spitting image of his father!
▪ mirror▪Betsy was a mirror image of her twin.
4 pictureADJECTIVE▪ compelling, dramatic, graphic, memorable, poignant, powerful, spectacular, striking, stunning, unforgettable▪ disturbing, gruesome, horrible, horrific, violent▪powerful and disturbing images of the war
▪ familiar, iconic▪ visual▪The visual image is steadily replacing the written word.
▪ flickering, moving▪flickering images on a screen
▪ blurred, blurry, fuzzy▪ faint▪After exposure a faint image is visible.
▪ still▪the use of still and moving video images
▪ live▪Visitors can view live radar images and listen in to the control tower.
▪ recorded▪ close-up▪a live close-up image of her face
▪ colour/color▪ black-and-white, monochrome▪ high-resolution▪ clear, crisp, sharp▪realistic 3D graphics with sharp images
▪ three-dimensional▪The machine can capture a three-dimensional image of a patient's heart.
▪ photographic, TV, video▪ screen▪Each illustration is displayed as a complete screen image.
▪ computer, digital, radar, satellite, X-ray▪ thumbnail▪Under each thumbnail image is a link to a larger illustration.
▪ holographic▪ graven (literary)▪It was forbidden to worship graven (= carved) images.
▪ painted▪the painted image of a human being
▪ religious▪ pornographicVERB + IMAGE▪ generate, produce, reproduce▪the images produced on laser printers
▪ capture, download, record, scan, upload▪She longed to capture the image on film.
▪ edit▪ distort▪ bear▪humorous posters bearing an image of a squatting dog
▪ display, post, show▪the pixel information used to display a digital image
▪Advertisers have given permission to post these digital images.
▪ print▪ process▪ enlarge▪The devices are capable of enlarging the image.
▪ acquire, obtain▪ view▪ store▪You can store these images in a separate computer file.
▪ juxtapose▪The display juxtaposed images from serious and popular art.
▪ use▪These images are used for marketing purposes.
IMAGE + VERB▪ depict sth, reflect sth, represent sth, reveal sth, show sth▪heat images that show where most of the activity in the brain is
▪ suggest sth▪ flicker▪ fadeIMAGE + NOUN▪ capture, processing▪ analysis▪image analysis and feature recognition
▪ distortion, manipulation▪ compression▪ processor▪ database, file▪They can connect directly to the image files and allow the customer to view them.
▪ transfer▪a standard video output for image transfer or remote viewing
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
