im·age ( m j)n. 1. A reproduction of the form of a person or object, especially 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. One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double: He is the image of his uncle. 4. a. The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public. b. The character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media. 5. A personification of something specified: That child is the image of good health. 6. A mental picture of something not real or present. 7. a. A vivid description or representation. b. A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile. c. A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death. 8. Mathematics A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain. 9. Computer Science 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. To make or produce a likeness of: imaged the poet in bronze. 2. To mirror or reflect: a statue imaged in the water. 3. To symbolize or typify: a kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief. 4. To picture mentally; imagine. 5. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture of. 6. Computer Science 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. 7. To render visually, as by magnetic resonance imaging. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin im  g ; see aim- in Indo-European roots.]im age·less adj.im ag·er n. |
image [ˈɪmɪdʒ]
n
1. a representation or likeness of a person or thing, esp in sculpture
2. (Physics / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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)
1. to picture in the mind; imagine
2. to make or reflect an image of
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing to project or display on a screen or visual display unit
4. to portray or describe
5. to be an example or epitome of; typify
[from Old French imagene, from Latin imāgō copy, representation; related to Latin imitārī to imitate]
imageable adj
imageless adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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?" |
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.
Translations
image [ˈɪmɪdʒ]
A. N
1. (gen, Literat, Rel) (= representation, symbol) → imagen f
the image I had of him was completely different → tenía una imagen de él totalmente distinta
to make sb in one's own image → hacer a algn a su imagen
to be the very or the spitting image of sb → ser el vivo retrato or la viva imagen de algn
the image I had of him was completely different → tenía una imagen de él totalmente distinta
to make sb in one's own image → hacer a algn a su imagen
to be the very or the spitting image of sb → ser el vivo retrato or la viva imagen de algn
image [ˈɪmɪdʒ] n
[country, company] → image f
The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image → L'industrie du tabac essaie d'améliorer son image.
to change one's image → changer d'image
The company has changed its image → La société a changé d'image.
The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image → L'industrie du tabac essaie d'améliorer son image.
to change one's image → changer d'image
The company has changed its image → La société a changé d'image.
(= public face) [person] → image f
Politicians have to be conscious of their image → Les politiciens doivent être conscients de leur image.
to cultivate the image of → cultiver l'image de
to project the image of (= present o.s. as) → donner l'image de
Politicians have to be conscious of their image → Les politiciens doivent être conscients de leur image.
to cultivate the image of → cultiver l'image de
to project the image of (= present o.s. as) → donner l'image de
image
n
(= carved, sculpted figure) → Standbild nt, → Figur f; (= painted figure) → Bild nt, → Bildnis nt (geh)
image [ˈɪmɪdʒ] n (of person, group, organization) → immagine f
to be the very or the spitting image of sb → essere il ritratto sputato di qn
she's the image of her mother → è il ritratto di sua madre
mirror image → immagine speculare
she has to think of her image → deve pensare alla sua immagine
image [ˈɪmɪdʒ] n (of person, group, organization) → immagine f
to be the very or the spitting image of sb → essere il ritratto sputato di qn
she's the image of her mother → è il ritratto di sua madre
mirror image → immagine speculare
she has to think of her image → deve pensare alla sua immagine
to be the very or the spitting image of sb → essere il ritratto sputato di qn
she's the image of her mother → è il ritratto di sua madre
mirror image → immagine speculare
she has to think of her image → deve pensare alla sua immagine
image [ˈɪmɪdʒ] n (of person, group, organization) → immagine f
to be the very or the spitting image of sb → essere il ritratto sputato di qn
she's the image of her mother → è il ritratto di sua madre
mirror image → immagine speculare
she has to think of her image → deve pensare alla sua immagine
n image [ˈimidʒ]
1 a likeness or copy of a person etc made of wood, stone etc images of the saints. beeld صورَه образ socha billede; forestilling das Standbild ομοίωμα, εικόνα, απεικόνιση imagen kuju تندیس kuva statue תְּמוּנָה, צֶלֶם प्रतिरूप lik kép patung (í)mynd, eftirlíking; líkneski immagine 像 조각상 atvaizdas tēls; veidols; attēls patung beeld bilde, statue wizerunek imagem reprezentare; imagine изображение, образ socha, podoba podoba slika avbild, beläte ภาพสะท้อน heykel, model 肖像 зображення مجسمہ tượng 肖像
2 a close likeness She's the very image of her sister. ewebeeld شَبيه، صورَة مُشابِهَه изображение zobrazení, podoba være nogens udtrykte billede das Ebenbild ομοιότητα imagen, retrato jäljend عین؛ نمونه kuva portrait בָּבואָה समानता slika hasonmás sangat mirip eftirlíking, ímynd ritratto 生き写しの人 닮은 사람 paveikslas līdzība; kopija sangat mirip evenbeeld speilbilde, slående likhet wierna kopia retrato întruchipare подобие podoba podoba slika avbild ภาพสะท้อน suret, kopya 相像 образ; подоба شبیہہ giống 相像的人
3 reflection She looked at her image in the mirror. spieëlbeeld, weerkaatsing صورَة مُنعَكِسَة في المرآه отражение obraz; odraz (spejl-)billede das Bild είδωλο, αντανάκλαση reflejo, imagen peegelpilt بازتاب kuva image, reflet בָּבואָה प्रतिबिंब odraz tükörkép bayangan spegilmynd immagine 姿 (거울에 반사된) 모습 atvaizdas attēls; atspoguļojums bayangan spiegelbeeld speilbilde odbicie reflexo отражение obraz; odraz podoba odraz spegelbild ภาพสะท้อน (เช่น ในกระจก, เลนส์) görüntü, hayal 映像 відображення, віддзеркалення عکس hình ảnh 映像
4 mental picture I have an image of the place in my mind. beeld صورَة في العَقْل، فِكْرَه образ představa, obraz forestilling die Vorstellung νοητική παράσταση imagen kujutelm تصور mielikuva image דִּימוּי धारणा, कल्पना predodžba elképzelés gambaran mynd immagine 心像 (마음에 떠오르는) 영상 vaizdas priekšstats gambaran voorstelling bilde, forestilling obraz imagem imagine представление predstava predstava predstava []bild, föreställning รูปภาพ hayal 印象 образ ذہنی تصویر hình tượng 印象
5 the general opinion that people have about a person, company etc our public image. beeld رأي، فِكْرَه عامَّه имидж obraz image; omdømme das Image γενική εικόνα, κρατούσα γνώμη imagen imago وجهه imago image דִימוּי छवि glas összkép, imázs citra ímynd immagine イメージ (회사, 사람 등에 대한) 인상 įvaizdis imidžs, priekšstats imej imago image, profil wyobrażenie, obraz imagem imagine имидж dojem, imidž predstava predstava image, profil, framtoning มโนภาพ izlenim, görüntü 形象 імідж عام تأثر quan điểm 形象
image → صورة představa billede Vorstellung εικόνα imagen mielikuva image slika immagine イメージ 이미지 beeld image obraz imagem образ bild ภาพพจน์ imge hình ảnh 形象
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