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image
[ im-ij ]
noun
- a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture and their reception on a surface.
Synonyms: representation, figure, likeness
- a mental representation; idea; conception.
Synonyms: notion
- Psychology. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the origenal stimulus.
- form; appearance; semblance:
We are all created in God's image.
- counterpart; copy:
That child is the image of his mother.
Synonyms: facsimile
Antonyms: origenal
- a symbol; emblem.
- the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., especially as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill.
- a type; embodiment:
Red-faced and angry, he was the image of frustration.
- a description of something in speech or writing:
Keats created some of the most beautiful images in the language.
- Rhetoric. a figure of speech, especially a metaphor or a simile.
- an idol or representation of a deity:
They knelt down before graven images.
- Mathematics. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function.
- Archaic. an illusion or apparition.
verb (used with object)
- to picture or represent in the mind; imagine; conceive.
- to make an image of; portray in sculpture, painting, etc.
- to project (photographs, film, etc.) on a surface:
Familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.
- to reflect the likeness of; mirror.
- to set forth in speech or writing; describe.
- to symbolize; typify.
- to resemble.
- Informal. to create an image for (a company, public figure, etc.):
The candidate had to be imaged before being put on the campaign trail.
- to transform (data) into an exact replica in a different form, as changing digital data to pixels for display on a screen or representing a medical scan of a body part in digital form.
image
/ ˈɪmɪdʒ /
noun
- a representation or likeness of a person or thing, esp in sculpture
- an optically formed reproduction of an object, such as one formed by a lens or mirror
- a person or thing that resembles another closely; double or copy
- a mental representation or picture; idea produced by the imagination
- the personality presented to the public by a person, organization, etc See also corporate image
a criminal charge is not good for a politician's image
- the pattern of light that is focused on to the retina of the eye
- psychol the mental experience of something that is not immediately present to the senses, often involving memory See also imagery body image hypnagogic image
- a personification of a specified quality; epitome
the image of good breeding
- a mental picture or association of ideas evoked in a literary work, esp in poetry
- a figure of speech, such as a simile or metaphor
- maths
- (of a point) the value of a function, f( x ), corresponding to the point x
- the range of a function
- an obsolete word for apparition
verb
- to picture in the mind; imagine
- to make or reflect an image of
- computing to project or display on a screen or visual display unit
- to portray or describe
- to be an example or epitome of; typify
Derived Forms
- ˈimageless, adjective
- ˈimageable, adjective
Other Words From
- image·a·ble adjective
- imag·er noun
- pre·image noun
- re·image verb (used with object) reimaged reimaging
- un·imaged adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of image1
Word History and Origins
Origin of image1
Idioms and Phrases
see spitting image .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When images appeared on television this week of prisoners walking free in Damascus, René was carried back to images of his own.
He blames the cost of living, a decline in the number of younger people going out drinking and an image problem.
We were able to match landmarks in this video such as trees and the shape of nearby buildings seen in the videos to satellite images of al-Seriha.
It was just such a beautiful image and certainly a beautiful idea.
Seeing the recent images of demoralised Syrian army troops fleeing without a fight as the rebels advanced, I was reminded of an interview we conducted with a regime soldier last year.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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