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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•age•ry /ˈɪmɪdʒri/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- mental images thought of as a group;
pictorial images. - Rhetoricthe use of images or illustration in writing or in art:effective imagery in poetry.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•age•ry (im′ij rē, im′i jə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. - the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively:the dim imagery of a dream.
- pictorial images.
- Rhetoricthe use of rhetorical images.
- Rhetoricfigurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively.
- [Psychol.]mental images collectively, esp. those produced by the action of imagination.
- Old French. See image, -ery
- Middle English imagerie 1275–1325
im•a•ge•ri•al (im′ə jēr′ē əl),USA pronunciation adj. im′a•ge′ri•al•ly, adv. |