noun
1 impression of sb/sth given to the public
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , positive
▪ negative
▪ tarnished
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The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished ~.
▪ poor
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The industry had a poor ~.
▪ false
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The history books built up a false ~ of an unpopular president.
▪ clean , clean-cut ( esp. BrE ), perfect , squeaky-clean , wholesome
▪
He's a good player with a clean ~.
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He represents the perfect ~ of a clean-living college boy.
▪ macho
▪ hackneyed
▪
the hackneyed ~ of the poor student
▪ traditional
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traditional ~s of motherhood
▪ media , public , screen
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In real life she looks nothing like her screen ~.
▪ brand , corporate
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Champagne houses owe their success to brand ~.
VERB + IMAGE
▪ create
▪
The company needs to create a new ~ for itself.
▪ convey , cultivate , present , project , promote
▪
a book which presents positive ~s of older people
▪ change , transform
▪ bolster , boost , burnish ( esp. AmE ), clean up , enhance , improve , polish , revive
▪
an effort to improve the organization's public ~
▪ soften
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She is now seeking to soften her ~ for voters.
▪ keep up , live up to , maintain
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The group has failed to live up to its macho ~.
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Eastwood has maintained an ~ as a tough guy.
▪ shed
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The industry is trying to shed its negative ~.
▪ mar ( esp. AmE ), ruin , tarnish
2 mental picture of sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ powerful , vivid
▪ sudden
▪
She had a sudden mental ~ of herself in a wedding dress.
▪ positive
▪ negative
▪ distorted
▪
the distorted ~s in his dreams
▪ enduring , indelible
▪
It leaves indelible ~s imprinted on your mind.
▪ unrealistic
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unrealistic ~s of the ideal body
▪ popular
▪ ideal
▪
the ideal ~ of American citizenship
▪ stereotyped , stereotypical
▪ mental
▪ body
▪
help with eating disorders and body ~
▪ literary , poetic
▪ dream
VERB + IMAGE
▪ have
▪ bring to mind , call to mind , conjure , conjure up , evoke , recall , summon , summon up
▪
Samba always seems to conjure up ~s of Brazil.
▪
the ability to summon up ~s in the mind
▪ build , build up , form
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I like to build up ~s of the characters and setting before I start to write.
▪ fit
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He didn't fit my ~ of the boss.
▪ use
▪ reinforce
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Treating disabled people like children only reinforces negative ~s of disability.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
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He started to recall ~s from his past.
3 copy
ADJECTIVE
▪ living , spitting
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He's the spitting ~ of his father!
▪ mirror
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Betsy was a mirror ~ of her twin.
4 picture
ADJECTIVE
▪ compelling , dramatic , graphic , memorable , poignant , powerful , spectacular , striking , stunning , unforgettable
▪ disturbing , gruesome , horrible , horrific , violent
▪
powerful and disturbing ~s of the war
▪ familiar , iconic
▪ visual
▪
The visual ~ is steadily replacing the written word.
▪ flickering , moving
▪
flickering ~s on a screen
▪ blurred , blurry , fuzzy
▪ faint
▪
After exposure a faint ~ is visible.
▪ still
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the use of still and moving video ~s
▪ live
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Visitors can view live radar ~s and listen in to the control tower.
▪ recorded
▪ close-up
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a live close-up ~ of her face
▪ colour/color
▪ black-and-white , monochrome
▪ high-resolution
▪ clear , crisp , sharp
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realistic 3D graphics with sharp ~s
▪ three-dimensional
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The machine can capture a three-dimensional ~ of a patient's heart.
▪ photographic , TV , video
▪ screen
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Each illustration is displayed as a complete screen ~.
▪ computer , digital , radar , satellite , X-ray
▪ thumbnail
▪
Under each thumbnail ~ is a link to a larger illustration.
▪ holographic
▪ graven ( literary )
▪
It was forbidden to worship graven ( = carved ) ~s.
▪ painted
▪
the painted ~ of a human being
▪ religious
▪ pornographic
VERB + IMAGE
▪ generate , produce , reproduce
▪
the ~s produced on laser printers
▪ capture , download , record , scan , upload
▪
She longed to capture the ~ on film.
▪ edit
▪ distort
▪ bear
▪
humorous posters bearing an ~ of a squatting dog
▪ display , post , show
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the pixel information used to display a digital ~
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Advertisers have given permission to post these digital ~s.
▪ process
▪ enlarge
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The devices are capable of enlarging the ~.
▪ acquire , obtain
▪ view
▪ store
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You can store these ~s in a separate computer file.
▪ juxtapose
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The display juxtaposed ~s from serious and popular art.
▪ use
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These ~s are used for marketing purposes.
IMAGE + VERB
▪ depict sth , reflect sth , represent sth , reveal sth , show sth
▪
heat ~s that show where most of the activity in the brain is
▪ suggest sth
▪ flicker
▪ fade
IMAGE + NOUN
▪ capture , processing
▪ analysis
▪
~ analysis and feature recognition
▪ distortion , manipulation
▪ compression
▪ processor
▪ database , file
▪
They can connect directly to the ~ files and allow the customer to view them.
▪ transfer
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a standard video output for ~ transfer or remote viewing