image

/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/
noun 5verb 4

Collocations

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1

(noun.) impression of sb/sth given to the public

ADJ

positive | negative | upmarket | downmarket

tarnished

After the scandal, the company worked hard to repair its tarnished image among customers.

clean-cut, girl-next-door, wholesome

The new actor deliberately cultivated a clean-cut image to appeal to family audiences.

macho

hackneyed

Many films rely on hackneyed images of scientists as absent-minded professors in white coats.

media, public, screen

The company spent millions improving its public image after the scandal last year.

brand, corporate

The company hired a new marketing team to improve its corporate image.

VERB + IMAGE

create

After the scandal, the politician worked hard to create a positive image in the public eye.

present, project, promote

The company worked hard to promote a more modern image to attract younger customers.

aim for, go for | change

clean up, enhance, improve, polish, revive

The new marketing campaign helped polish the company's image after the scandal.

keep up, live up to

The new manager struggled to keep up the professional image that the company had established.

discard, shed

The company decided to discard its old image and rebrand completely.

tarnish

2

(noun.) mental picture of sb/sth

ADJ

powerful, vivid

sudden

When he heard the song, a sudden image of his childhood home flashed through his mind.

positive | negative

distorted

The old mirror created distorted images that made everyone look strange and funny.

popular | stereotyped/stereotypical | mental | literary, poetic | dream

VERB + IMAGE

have

conjure up, summon up

When she heard the old song, it summoned up vivid images of her childhood home.

build up

She spent months building up an image of the perfect house in her mind before buying it.

use

reinforce

The company's new advertising campaign reinforces an image of luxury and innovation.

PREP

~ from

The old photograph showed beautiful images from their wedding day fifty years ago.

3

(noun.) copy

ADJ

living, spitting

My grandmother says I'm the living image of my mother when she was young.

mirror

The new shopping center is a mirror image of the one built across town last year.

4

(noun.) picture

ADJ

disturbing, poignant, powerful, striking

The striking image of the old lighthouse stayed with me for years.

visual

The advertisement used a striking visual image to grab people's attention on the billboard.

flickering, moving

The old film projector cast moving images across the white wall of the dark cinema.

still

The photographer displayed a series of still images from the wedding ceremony on the gallery wall.

colour | black-and-white, monochrome | photographic, video

screen

The application froze and displayed a blurry screen image that wouldn't refresh properly.

digital

graven

The ancient temple contained many graven images carved into the stone walls.

religious | pornographic

VERB + IMAGE

produce

The documentary produced powerful images of life in the Amazon rainforest.

capture, scan

The photographer managed to capture a beautiful image of the sunset before the light faded.

edit

display, show

The museum decided to display the artist's most famous image in the main gallery.

store

My phone automatically stores all the images I take during my travels.

juxtapose

The museum carefully juxtaposed historical images with modern photographs to show how society has changed.

IMAGE + VERB

show sth

The satellite images show the extent of damage from the hurricane.

IMAGE + NOUN

capture, processing | database

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