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   image

   /ˈɪmɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art: "her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art" Similar likenessresemblancedepictionportrayalrepresentationstatuestatuettesculpturebusteffigyfigurefigurinedollcarvingpaintingpictureportraitdrawingsketchartist's impression
   • ▪ a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope, or other device, or displayed on a computer or video screen: "Voyager 2 sent back images of the planet Neptune" Similar picturefacsimilephotographsnapshotphotooptical representationreproduction
   • ▪ an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light from an object reflected in a mirror or refracted through a lens. Similar reflectionmirror imagelikenessecho
   • ▪ a point or set formed by mapping from another point or set.
   • ▪ an exact copy of a computer's hard disk, made for backing up data or setting up new machines.
   • ▪ a mental representation or idea: "I had a sudden image of Sal bringing me breakfast in bed" Similar conceptionimpressionideaconceptperceptionnotionmental picturemental representationconceptualizationvisionfancythought
   • ▪ a person or thing that closely resembles another: "he's the image of his father" Similar doubleliving imagereplicalookalikeclonecopyreproductiontwinduplicateexact likenessfacsimilecounterpartmirror imageDoppelgängerinformal:very spitdead spitspitting imagechip off the old blockringerdead ringerarchaic:similitude
   • ▪ semblance or likeness: "made in the image of God"
   • ▪ (in biblical use) an idol. Similar idoliconfetishfalse godgolden calftotemtalisman
   • 2. the general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public: "she strives to project an image of youth" Similar public perceptionpublic conceptionpublic impressionpersonaprofilefaceidentityfrontfacademaskguiserolepartportrayaldepiction
   • 3. a simile or metaphor: "he uses the image of a hole to describe emotional emptiness" Similar similemetaphormetonymyfigure of speechtropefigurative expressionturn of phraserhetorical deviceconceitword paintingword picture

   verb

   • 1. make a representation of the external form of: "artworks which imaged women's bodies"
   • ▪ make a visual representation of (something) by scanning it with a detector or electromagnetic beam.
   • ▪ make an exact copy of (a computer's hard disk): "the hard disk drive should be imaged using a specialized bitstream backup product"
   • ▪ form a mental picture or idea of: "it is possible for us to image a society in which no one committed crime"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin imago; related to imitate.

   Derivatives

   • 1. imageable adjective
   • 2. imageless adjective

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