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Definition of image
1 : a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing; especially : an imitation in solid form : statue
2a : the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (such as a lens or mirror) or an electronic deviceb : a visual representation of something: such as (1) : a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material (2) : a picture produced on an electronic display (such as a television or computer screen)
3a : exact likeness : semblance God created man in his own image — Genesis 1:27 (Revised Standard Version)b : a person strikingly like another person she is the image of her mother
4a : a tangible or visible representation : incarnation the image of filial devotionb archaic : an illusory form : apparition
5a (1) : a mental picture or impression of something had a negative body image of herself (2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation a disorderly courtroom can seriously tarnish a community's image of justice — Herbert Brownellb : idea, concept
6 : a vivid or graphic representation or description
7 : figure of speech
8 : a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media promoting a corporate image of brotherly love and concern — R. C. Buck
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Examples of image in a Sentence
She studied her image in the mirror.
The kids sat staring at the images on the TV screen.
painters capturing images of war
black-and-white images of the city
His poem evokes images of the sea and warm summer days.
He is trying hard to improve his image.
The law suit has negatively affected the company's public image.
a politician who cares more about image than about telling the truth
Recent Examples of image from the Web
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An image of Stanton swinging a bat will replace that of the dancing girl, which normally graces the side of the Intercontinental.
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On Wednesday, Rob Kardashian posted a series of explicit images and messages to Instagram to call out Blac Chyna for, among other things, allegedly cheating on him and using drugs.
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In the days that followed, Logue, age 51, who has appeared in numerous films and currently stars in the Fox TV show, Gotham, and Kasey tweeted images of their daughter, begging her to come home and telling her she is loved. Jade Logue.
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Brzezinski responded, at first, by tweeting an image of the back of a box of Cheerios depicting a boy with small hands—
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President Trump was reportedly moved to action after viewing images of Syrian children struggling to breathe from what has now been confirmed as exposure to sarin.
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The shells collected on Friday will be sent to the Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory at the Glendale Police Department’s headquarters, where a 3-D image of each one will be scanned, markings and all.
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That’s a popular image of me around here, and so be it.
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That incongruous image of Claire walking amongst the Culloden dead?
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Origin and Etymology of image
Middle English, from Anglo-French, short for imagene, from Latin imagin-, imago; perhaps akin to Latin imitari to imitate
image
Definition of image
imaged
;imaging
transitive verb
1 : to call up a mental picture of : imagine
2 : to describe or portray in language especially in a vivid manner
3a : to create a representation of; also : to form an image of imaged Jupiter's rings image the bone using X-raysb : to represent symbolically
Examples of image in a Sentence
in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark
the brochure images a vacation at the resort in language that makes you want to make a reservation this instant
Recent Examples of image from the Web
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Black and Hispanic patients were more likely to receive other ineffective services as well, including antipsychotics for those with dementia, imaging for an enlarged prostate and bone-density testing.
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First Known Use of image
14th century
IMAGE Defined for English Language Learners
image
playDefinition of image for English Language Learners
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: a picture that is produced by a camera, artist, mirror, etc.
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: a mental picture : the thought of how something looks or might look
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: the idea that people have about someone or something
IMAGE Defined for Kids
image
playDefinition of image for Students
1 : a picture or reflection of something produced by a device (as a mirror or lens) We watched the images on the screen.
2 : someone who looks very much like another She is the image of her mother.
3 : the thought of how something looks An image appeared in his head of his parents hugging each other and crying. — Louis Sachar, Holes
4 : a representation (as a picture or statue) of something
5 : an idea of what someone or something is like He has an image as a troublemaker.
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of image
1a: the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device—see real image, virtual imageb: a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material
2: a mental picture or impression of something had a negative body image of herself: asa (1): a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation the compassionate small-town family doctor, an image that the AMA deeply admires—Current Biography (2): an idealized conception of a person and especially a parent that is formed by an infant or child, is retained in the unconscious, and influences behavior in later life the overwhelming influence of the mother image—John Messenger—called also imagob: the memory of a perception in psychology that is modified by subsequent experience; also : the representation of the source of a stimulus on a receptor mechanism
image
Medical Definition of image
imaged
;imaging
1
transitive verb
: to call up a mental picture of : imagine2: to create a representation of; also : to form an image of the liver was imaged the animals were anesthetized and imaged with a gamma camera—R. T. Proffitt et al
intransitive verb
: to form an image
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