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imagery

/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/

imagery noun: the work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.

Noun

imagery (countable and uncountable, plural imageries)

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

imagery meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

imagery in Tamil

உருக்காட்சி, உளக்காட்சி, படிம வரைபடம், உருவப்படம், புனைவாற்றல், கற்பனை

imagery in Urdu

سماں بندی

imagery in Bengali

চিত্রকল্প, রূপক বর্ণনা, মানসিক প্রতিচ্ছবি

imagery in Kannada

ನೆನಸು, ಮರೆಹುರುಳಿನ ಮಾತು
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imagery in Indonesian
perumpamaan, tamsil, citra, citraan

Examples of imagery in a sentence

  • Satellite imagery has made many inaccessible areas much more mappable.
  • The 3D imagery will make your eyes bug out.
  • Mental imagery allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones.

All 40 example sentences with imagery

Forms of imagery

pluralimageries

Plural of imagery: imageries

Origin of imagery

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

Words formed from imagery

Questions about imagery

What does imagery mean?
Imagery means the work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
What is imagery in Tamil?
Imagery in Tamil is உருக்காட்சி, உளக்காட்சி, படிம வரைபடம். See Imagery meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is imagery?
Imagery is a noun.
How do you pronounce imagery?
Imagery is pronounced /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/.
What is the plural of imagery?
The plural of imagery is imageries.

Words near imagery in the dictionary

  1. imager
  2. imagerial
  3. imagerially
  4. imageries
  5. imagers
  6. imagery
  7. imagery rescripting
  8. images
  9. imagescreen
  10. imagescreens
  11. imagesetter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: imagery (page history and authors); imagery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imagery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Imagery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imagery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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