English dictionary
image
/'/I/m/I//dZ/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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an iconic mental representation
ExamplesHer imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate.
Synonyms mental imageSource: WordNet 3.0
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(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
ExamplesA public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty.
Synonyms personaSource: WordNet 3.0
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a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
ExamplesA movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them.
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a standard or typical example
ExamplesHe provided America with an image of the good father.
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
ExamplesShe's the very image of her mother.
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(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
ExamplesThe 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.
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the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
ExamplesAlthough her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry.
The company tried to project an altruistic image.
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a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
ExamplesThe emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
Source: webster1913
verb
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render visible, as by means of MRI
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imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
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To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake <i>imaged</i> the shore; the mirror <i>imaged</i> her figure.
Source: webster1913