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as in picture
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the girl is growing up to be the perfect image of her mother
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2
as in illustration
a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing
a cave with prehistoric images of wild animals
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as in idea
something imagined or pictured in the mind
a sentimental visit to her childhood home to see if it still matched her mental image of the place
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as in manifestation
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
a general who became for many the very image of the stoic warrior
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as in to depict
to present a picture of
in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark
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as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
the brochure images a vacation at the resort in language that makes you want to make a reservation this instant
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as in to picture
to form a mental picture of
anyone who still images the cape's coastline as a scene of unspoiled beauty is in for a rude awakening
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Recent Examples of image
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Information wants to be free The web was, at first, all about text and the occasional image.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Some on the far right disseminated the footage and still images from it in order to further a clearly racist agenda.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 22 Sep. 2025
Information wants to be free The web was, at first, all about text and the occasional image.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
In March 2024, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover imaged visible-light auroras for the first time during a major solar flare and coronal mass ejection.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Some on the far right disseminated the footage and still images from it in order to further a clearly racist agenda.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for image
Noun
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Anonymous tips forward to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center reported threatening posts from a Discord profile that referenced plans for a future massacre and contained pictures of guns.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Ad design format may change depending on Family Hub personalization options for the Cover Screen, and advertising will not appear when Cover Screen displays Art Mode or picture albums.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this photo illustration, the Luxshare Precision company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
22 Sep. 2025
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Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty Political analysts say the shift reflects how affluent Americans experience the economy differently than most voters.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Find step-by-step guidance for launching your first business, from testing your idea to growing your revenue.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
22 Sep. 2025
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Anyhow, that is his idea for now.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That is all well and good, but for us, its physical manifestation is wet, salty, and immediately threatening.—
Feleti Penitala Teo,
Time,
22 Sep. 2025
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Löfgren is a rare manifestation of sarcoidosis, an inflammatory condition.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The photo, informally titled The Scourged Back and depicting an escaped slave believed to have been named Peter Gordon, has been in wide circulation since the nineteeth century and is evocative of the horrors and injustice of slavery.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some of them are from other dimensions, some of them depict earlier, less experienced versions of a character.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Trump described how Kirk would ask him to fly across the country to appear at his events with little notice.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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This article describes attempted suicide.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These real estate pros know what’s actually happening in a specific neighborhood can affect a home’s price, including microtrends that may not be reflected in the broader data.—
Mary Beth Eastman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The home functions not only as a symbolic site for intimate matters, but also as an indefinite space that could exist anywhere in the world, reflecting the sense of estrangement many people feel when moving abroad, far from their country of origin.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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MacDonald imagines Kirk looking down from a window in Heaven as his children grow up, and the right unites to avenge his death.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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The sages imagined the world itself as a structure left open to the north, a reminder that there are always cracks through which danger, chaos, and suffering can enter.—
Barry Gelman,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/image. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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