"imagery" meaning in English

See imagery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/, /-ədʒɹi/, /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/ Audio: en-us-imagery.ogg Forms: imageries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ymagerie}} Middle English ymagerie, {{der|en|frm|imagerie}} Middle French imagerie, {{af|en|image|-ry}} image + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} imagery (countable and uncountable, plural imageries)
  1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-imagery-en-noun-dKxL~ULy
  2. Imitation work. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (work): imatgeria [feminine] (Catalan), kuvaaminen (Finnish), perumpamaan (Indonesian), tamsil (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-imagery-en-noun-JXy87VOH Disambiguation of 'work': 25 50 0 0 25 0
  3. Images in general, or en masse. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (images in general): образи (obrazi) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), kuvat [plural] (Finnish), kuvasto (Finnish), citra [singular] (Indonesian), citraan [plural] (Indonesian), 画像 (gazō) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-imagery-en-noun-hO3DVSrK Disambiguation of 'images in general': 2 0 94 0 0 3
  4. (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-imagery-en-noun-XvLwD1Wd
  5. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (work of imagination): mielikuvitus (Finnish), Einbildung [feminine] (German), Geschöpf der Einbildung [neuter] (German), Hirngespinst [neuter] (German), Fantasieprodukt [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-imagery-en-noun-6gy7hMy1 Disambiguation of 'work of imagination': 17 17 4 2 56 4
  6. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (rhetorical decoration): образен език (obrazen ezik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kuvailu (Finnish), maalailu (Finnish), bildspråk [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-imagery-en-noun-D06ayZYA Disambiguation of Rhetoric: 4 3 4 6 12 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 2 10 21 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 9 11 7 12 14 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 4 5 4 12 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 5 5 6 19 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 3 4 24 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 7 7 11 14 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 7 8 10 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 7 7 9 13 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 9 6 11 15 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 10 7 7 9 14 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 6 7 7 9 13 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 8 5 9 14 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 7 7 9 14 56 Disambiguation of 'rhetorical decoration': 1 1 1 2 2 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imagery rescripting

Inflected forms

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        "Unreal show; imitation; appearance."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/-ədʒɹi/"
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