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im·age
(ĭm′ĭj)n.
1.
a. A representation of the form of a person or object, such as a painting or photograph.
b. A sculptured likeness.
2. Physics An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.
3.
a. One that closely or exactly resembles another: He is the image of his uncle.
b. Likeness; semblance: Genesis says that man was made in the image of God.
4.
a. The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public: the public's image of business leaders as greedy.
b. The concept or character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media: an actor who tried to convey an image of refined beauty.
5. A typical example or embodiment: That child is the image of good health.
6. A mental picture of something not real or present: Our image of the cottage did not conform with reality.
7. A vivid description or representation in words, especially a metaphor or simile: The poem uses the image of a barren tree to convey feelings of desolation.
8. Mathematics A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.
9. Computers An exact replica of the contents of a storage device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such as a network server.
10. Obsolete An apparition.
tr.v. im·aged, im·ag·ing, im·ag·es
1.
a. To make or produce a likeness of: imaged the poet in bronze.
b. To mirror or reflect: a statue imaged in the water.
c. To make a visual representation of (an object) using remote scanning or technology such as magnetic resonance imaging: imaged the diseased kidneys; imaged the surface of Mars.
2. To symbolize or typify: a kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief.
3. To picture mentally; imagine or visualize: imaged each dive before doing it.
4. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture: The passage images what it's like to grow up poor.
5. Computers
a. To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
b. To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device: imaged the hard drive to the server.
im′age·less adj.
im′ag·er n.
i·mag′i·nal (ĭ-măj′ə-nəl) adj.
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image
(ˈɪmɪdʒ)n
1. a representation or likeness of a person or thing, esp in sculpture
2. (General Physics) an optically formed reproduction of an object, such as one formed by a lens or mirror
3. a person or thing that resembles another closely; double or copy
4. a mental representation or picture; idea produced by the imagination
5. 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
6. (Physiology) the pattern of light that is focused on to the retina of the eye
7. (Psychology) psychol the mental experience of something that is not immediately present to the senses, often involving memory. See also imagery, body image, hypnagogic image
8. a personification of a specified quality; epitome: the image of good breeding.
9. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a mental picture or association of ideas evoked in a literary work, esp in poetry
10. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a figure of speech, such as a simile or metaphor
11. (Mathematics) maths
a. (of a point) the value of a function, f(x), corresponding to the point x
b. the range of a function
12. an obsolete word for apparition
vb (tr)
13. to picture in the mind; imagine
14. to make or reflect an image of
15. (Computer Science) computing to project or display on a screen or visual display unit
16. to portray or describe
17. to be an example or epitome of; typify
[C13: from Old French imagene, from Latin imāgō copy, representation; related to Latin imitārī to imitate]
ˈimageable adj
ˈimageless adj
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im•age
(ˈɪm ɪdʒ)n., v. -aged, -ag•ing. n.
1. a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
2. 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.
3. a mental representation; idea; conception.
4. Psychol. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.
5. form; appearance; semblance: created in God's image.
6. counterpart; copy: That child is the image of his mother.
7. a symbol; emblem.
8. a general or public perception, as of a company, esp. when achieved by calculation aimed at creating goodwill.
9. type; embodiment: the image of frustration.
10. a description of something in speech or writing.
11. a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile.
12. an idol or representation of a deity: They knelt down before graven images.
13. Math. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function.
v.t. 14. to picture in the mind; imagine.
15. to make an image of.
16. to project (an image) on a surface.
17. to reflect the likeness of; mirror.
18. to describe in speech or writing.
19. to symbolize; typify.
[1175–1225; Middle English < Old French image, imagene < Latin imāgō a copy, likeness]
im′age•a•ble, adj.
im′ag•er, n.
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Past participle: imaged
Gerund: imaging
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| Noun | 1. |  image - an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image imagination image, thought-image - a mental image produced by the imagination memory image - a mental image of something previously experienced mental picture, picture, impression - a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" auditory image - a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception |
| 2. | image - (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty" appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life | |
| 3. |  image - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"bitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels chiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color collage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map" transparency, foil - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector computer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computer iconography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of a despot" inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one reflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror" representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something | |
| 4. |  image - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"concentrate - a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of contemporary despair" imago - (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood | |
| 5. | image - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense cakewalk - an easy accomplishment; "winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him"; "invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk" blind alley - (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley" megahit, smash hit, blockbuster - an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) sleeper - an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" home run, bell ringer, bull's eye, mark - something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" housecleaning - (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners" goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless lens - (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen" rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) conceit - an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs exaggeration, hyperbole - extravagant exaggeration kenning - conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry metaphor - a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity metonymy - substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') oxymoron - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') prosopopoeia, personification - representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature simile - a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') synecdoche - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa zeugma - use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma" domino effect - the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall) flip side - a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect); "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition" period - the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" summer - the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty; "the golden summer of his life" dawn - an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" evening - a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" rainy day - a (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day" | |
| 6. | image - someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother" | |
| 7. | image - (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" | |
| 8. | image - the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image" effect, impression - an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" | |
| 9. |  image - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"Guy - an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day graven image, idol, god - a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man, strawman - an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds wax figure, waxwork - an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax | |
| Verb | 1. | image - render visible, as by means of MRI |
| 2. |  image - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"realize, see, understand, realise - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" visualise, visualize - form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize" conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
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image
noun
1. thought, idea, vision, concept, impression, perception, conception, mental picture, conceptualization The words `Côte d'Azur' conjure up images of sun, sea and sand.
2. profile, face, front, role, mask, persona, façade, public face, public impression, assumed role The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image.
3. figure of speech, metaphor, simile, conceit, trope The images in the poem illustrate the poet's frame of mind.
4. reflection, appearance, likeness, mirror image I peered at my image in the mirror.
6. replica, copy, reproduction, counterpart, spit (informal, chiefly Brit.), clone, facsimile, spitting image (informal), similitude, Doppelgänger, (dead) ringer (slang), double The boy is the image of his father.
7. picture, photo, photograph, representation, reproduction, snapshot A computer creates an image on the screen.
spitting image replica, copy, reproduction, counterpart, spit (informal, chiefly Brit.), clone, facsimile, similitude, Doppelgänger, (dead) ringer (slang), double She's the spitting image of her mother.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
image
noun1. Something that is reflected:
2. Something closely resembling another:
carbon copy, copy, duplicate, facsimile, likeness, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction, simulacrum.
Archaic: simulacre.
Law: counterpart.
3. One exactly resembling another:
Slang: ringer.
4. The character projected or given by someone to the public:
5. That which exists in the mind as the product of careful mental activity:
1. To present a lifelike image of:
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[ˈɪmɪdʒ]A. N
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image
(ˈimidʒ) noun1. a likeness or copy of a person etc made of wood, stone etc. images of the saints.imagen
4. mental picture. I have an image of the place in my mind.imagen
5. the general opinion that people have about a person, company etc. our public image.imagen
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
image
→ imagenMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
im·age
n. imagen, figura; representación;
body ___ → ___ del cuerpo propio;
direct ___ → ___ directa;
double ___ → ___ doble;
electric ___ → ___ eléctrica;
inverted ___ → ___ invertida;
latent ___ → ___ latente;
mirror ___ → ___ de espejo;
optic ___ → ___ óptica;
radiographic ___ → ___ radiográfica;
real ___ → ___ real.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
image
n imagen f; body — imagen corporalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
