an image is worth a thousand words
Alternative form of a picture is worth a thousand words.
An image is worth a thousand words. That’s why we display pictures for many words.
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
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.
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.
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