HOW TO PRONOUNCE
imagery
/ˈɪmədʒɹi/
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Give the opening “im” the strongest beat.
Use three syllables and a soft j sound for g. Keep that j connected to r before the final ee, without inserting an additional vowel between the consonants.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The poem uses vivid imagery.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does imagery mean?
noun
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- Imitation work.
- Images in general, or en masse.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɪmədʒɹi/
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Like dark gold it showed under the evening sun, and the painted and gilded imagery shone like jewels upon it.
Similar beliefs are found in other parts of the world, and a like imagery is met with among our poets.
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His imagery was all drawn from the sea, and from the incidents of a seaman’s life; and was often remarkably good.
In fact, the whole imagery may be likened unto a play, or, rather, a series of plays, performed by the same company of artists.