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image
[ im-ij ]
/ ˈɪm ɪdʒ /
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noun
verb (used with object), im·aged, im·ag·ing.
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Origin of image
First recorded in 1175–1225; (noun) Middle English from Old French image, imagene (-ene apparently construed as suffix) from Latin imāgin-, stem of imāgō “a copy, likeness,” equivalent to im- (cf. imitate) + -āgō noun suffix; (verb) Middle English: “to form a mental picture” from Old French imagier, derivative of image
synonym study for image
1, 12. Image, icon, idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship: to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint. An icon, in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like: At least two icons are found in each church. An idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such: a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols. It may be used figuratively: to make an idol of wealth.
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British Dictionary definitions for image
image
/ (ˈɪmɪdʒ) /
noun
verb (tr)
Derived forms of image
imageable, adjectiveimageless, adjectiveWord Origin for image
C13: from Old French imagene, from Latin imāgō copy, representation; related to Latin imitārī to imitate
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Other Idioms and Phrases with image
image
see spitting image.
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