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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•age /ˈɪmɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a visible representation of a person, animal, or thing:an image of dark, dismal high-rises in the distance.
- Opticsan optical appearance of an object, as one produced by reflection from a mirror, etc.:The lens takes the image and focuses it on the film.
- a mental representation;
idea;
conception:a clear image in the mind. - form;
appearance;
semblance:created in God's image. - copy:That child is the image of his mother.
- a general opinion of someone or something, as of a candidate, etc., esp. when achieved by advertising:The company's image needed improvement.
- the perfect example or type of something:Biting his nails and pulling at his hair, he was the image of worry.
- Rhetorica figure of speech used to describe something.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•age (im′ij),USA pronunciation n., v., -aged, -ag•ing. n. - 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. - Psychologya 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. - Philosophya symbol;
emblem. - the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., esp. as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill.
- a type;
embodiment:Red-faced and angry, he was the image of frustration. - Rhetorica description of something in speech or writing:Keats created some of the most beautiful images in the language.
- Rhetorica figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile.
- an idol or representation of a deity:They knelt down before graven images.
- Mathematicsthe 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.
v.t. - to picture or represent in the mind;
imagine;
conceive. - to make an image of;
portray in sculpture, painting, etc. - Photographyto 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.
- Computingto transform (data) into an exact replica in a different form, as changing digital data to pixels for display on a CRT or representing a medical scan of a body part in digital form.
- Old French imagier, derivative of image
- Latin imāgin-, stem of imāgō a copy, likeness, equivalent. to im- (compare imitate) + -āgō noun, nominal suffix; (verb, verbal) Middle English: to form a mental picture
- Old French image, imagene (-ene apparently construed as suffix)
- (noun, nominal) Middle English 1175–1225
- 1, 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged likeness, figure, representation.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged notion.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged facsimile.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged original.
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