exemplify: The room's style exemplifies Conran's ideal of 'beauty and practicality'.
il|lus|tra|tion ◆◇◇ / I ləstre I ʃ ə n/ (illustrations )
1 N‑COUNT An illustration is an example or a story which is used to make a point clear. □ [+ of ] …a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.
2 N‑COUNT An illustration in a book is a picture, design, or diagram. □ She looked like a princess in a nineteenth-century illustration.
3 → see also illustrate SYNONYMS illustration NOUN 2
picture: …drawing a small picture with coloured chalks.
drawing: She did a drawing of me.
image: …photographic images of young children.
painting: …a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria.
representation: …a lifelike representation of the leader.
il|lus|tra|tive / I ləstrət I v/ ADJ If you use something as an illustrative example, or for illustrative purposes, you use it to show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer. [FORMAL ] □ A second illustrative example was taken from The Observer newspaper. [Also + of ]
il|lus|tra|tor / I ləstre I tə r / (illustrators ) N‑COUNT An illustrator is an artist who draws pictures and diagrams for books and magazines.
il|lus|tri|ous / I lʌ striəs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone as an illustrious person, you mean that they are extremely well known because they have a high position in society or they have done something impressive. □ …his long and illustrious career.
i ll wi ll also ill-will N‑UNCOUNT Ill will is unfriendly or hostile feelings that you have towards someone. □ He didn't bear anyone any ill will.
i ll wi nd N‑SING You can describe an unfortunate event as an ill wind if someone benefits from it. The expression occurs in the proverb 'It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good'. □ But it's an ill wind; I recovered and married one of my nurses from that hospital.
PREFIX im-
can be added to some words to form words that have the opposite meaning. For example, if someone is impatient , they are not patient.
I'm /a I m/ I'm is the usual spoken form of 'I am'. □ I'm sorry. □ I'm already late for my next appointment.
im|age ◆◆◇ / I m I dʒ/ (images )
1 N‑COUNT If you have an image of something or someone, you have a picture or idea of them in your mind. □ [+ of ] The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated.
2 N‑COUNT [oft with poss] The image of a person, group, or organization is the way that they appear to other people. □ The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image.
3 N‑COUNT An image is a picture of someone or something. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] …photographic images of young children.
4 N‑COUNT An image is a poetic description of something. [FORMAL ] □ The natural images in the poem are meant to be suggestive of realities beyond themselves.
5 PHRASE If you are the image of someone else, you look very much like them. □ Marianne's son was the image of his father.
6 → see also mirror image
7 spitting image → see spit SYNONYMS image NOUN
1
impression: What were your first impressions of college?
perception: So how do our perceptions of death affect the way we live?
idea: My idea of physical perfection is to be very slender.
vision: Turning that vision into a practical reality is not easy.
2
mask: His mask of detachment cracked, and she saw, fleetingly, an angry man.
persona: …the contradictions between her private life and the public persona.
façade: They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness.
im|age|ry / I m I dʒri/
1 N‑UNCOUNT You can refer to the descriptions in something such as a poem or song, and the pictures they create in your mind, as its imagery . [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] …the nature imagery of the ballad.
2 N‑UNCOUNT You can refer to pictures and representations of things as imagery , especially when they act as symbols. [FORMAL ] □ This is an ambitious and intriguing movie, full of striking imagery.
im|agi|nable / I mæ dʒ I nəb ə l/
1 ADJ You use imaginable after a superlative such as 'best' or 'worst' to emphasize that something is extreme in some way. [EMPHASIS ] □ …their imprisonment under some of the most horrible circumstances imaginable.
2 ADJ [ADJ n, n ADJ ] You use imaginable after a word like 'every' or 'all' to emphasize that you are talking about all the possible examples of something. You use imaginable after 'no' to emphasize that something does not have the quality mentioned. [EMPHASIS ] □ Parents encourage every activity imaginable.
im|agi|nary / I mæ dʒ I nəri, [AM ] -neri/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] An imaginary person, place, or thing exists only in your mind or in a story, and not in real life. □ Lots of children have imaginary friends.
im|agi|na|tion ◆◇◇ / I mæ dʒ I ne I ʃ ə n/ (imaginations )
1 N‑VAR Your imagination is the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced. □ Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination. □ The Government approach displays a lack of imagination.