image
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.
a mental representation; idea; conception.
Psychology. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.
form; appearance; semblance: We are all created in God's image.
counterpart; copy: That child is the image of his mother.
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.
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.
Origin of image
1synonym study For image
Other words for image
Opposites for image
Other words from image
- im·age·a·ble, adjective
- im·ag·er, noun
- pre·im·age, noun
- re·im·age, verb (used with object), re·im·aged, re·im·ag·ing.
- un·im·aged, adjective
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How to use image in a sentence
If a pixel of the satellite image, which covers 1 square kilometer, contains fire, it is labeled a hot spot.
What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common | Lili Pike | September 17, 2020 | VoxIn this very speech, he took a passing shot at “highly political” district attorneys trying “to remake state and local prosecutorial offices in their preferred progressive image.”
Brand takeovers typically run for three to five seconds and are either videos or images.
What you must know about TikTok for business | Connie Benton | September 17, 2020 | Search Engine WatchThe record number of women running for Congress is official after the last state primary, Barbados will remove the Queen as its head of state, and a model attempts to reclaim her image.
Emily Ratajkowski and the question of why society looks down on models | kristenlbellstrom | September 17, 2020 | FortuneA week after the image was taken, things have only gone worse on the West Coast.
West Coast wildfire smoke is visible from outer space | María Paula Rubiano A. | September 16, 2020 | Popular-Science
The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking | M.L. Nestel | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOh, and the first press image they released was a pair of black dudes in tracksuits as a troll of sorts to NME.
The 14 Best Songs of 2014: Bobby Shmurda, Future Islands, Drake, and More | Marlow Stern | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course, Kim Jong-Un takes an image hit as a Katy Perry-obsessed, margarita-drinking maniac with daddy issues.
I Was Honeydicked Into Spending Christmas with ‘The Interview’ | Allison McNearney | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen his agent asked if he missed his wife, his mind flashed to an image of Alison.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale | Tim Teeman | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat image are you hoping people who pick up this book and read it, come away with?
This harmless image of a fierce beast Yung Pak would pull about the floor with a string by the hour.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeThe object is to produce a concurrence or connection between the sight-image of the Person and a sound-image of his Name.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)In return, each of the priests placed an image of Buddha on a tree-root, turning it into an altar.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeThe stainless image fearing to disturb,So faithfully reflected in my breast;As winds disturb the mirror of the lake.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiThe image stillWas seen, and in the sun's uncertain lightAbove my couch she seemed to linger still.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo Leopardi
British Dictionary definitions for image
/ (ˈɪmɪdʒ) /
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: a criminal charge is not good for a politician's image See also corporate 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
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
Origin of image
1Derived forms of image
- imageable, adjective
- imageless, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with image
see spitting image.
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