imagery

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/
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/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/ · /-ədʒɹi/ · /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/ · /ɪˈmedʒ(ə)ri/

Definition of imagery

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Imitation work.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Images in general, or en masse.
  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
  5. (countable, uncountable)The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
  6. (countable, uncountable)Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

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Etymology

From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.

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