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A child draws a colorful image of a house and a tree.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A visual representation: A picture, photograph, or other likeness of a person, object, or scene.
    • A mental picture or concept: An idea or conception formed in the mind.
    • A public perception: The general impression that a person, organization, or product gives to others.
    • A person who closely resembles another: Someone who looks very similar to a famous person.
    • A symbol or embodiment: A person or thing that perfectly represents a particular quality or concept.
    • (Mathematics): The set of all output values of a function.
    • (Figurative language): A metaphor or simile; language that creates a mental picture.

  2. Verb:

    • To form a mental picture: To imagine or visualize something.
    • To make a visual representation: To create a picture or likeness of something.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • She captured a beautiful image of the sunset with her camera. (A visual representation)
    • I have a clear image of my childhood home in my mind. (A mental picture)
    • The politician worked hard to improve his public image. (Public perception)
    • He's the spitting image of his grandfather. (A person who closely resembles another)
    • She is the image of grace under pressure. (A symbol or embodiment)
    • The image of the function f(x) = x² is all non-negative numbers. (Mathematics)

  • Verb:

    • Can you image what life will be like in 50 years? (To form a mental picture)
    • The artist imaged the landscape in exquisite detail. (To make a visual representation)
Advanced Usage

  • "To be the (very/spitting) image of someone": To look exactly like someone else.

    • The baby is the very image of her mother.

  • "In the image of": Made to resemble or patterned after.

    • They built the society in the image of their ideals.

  • "Corporate image": The public perception of a company.

    • The scandal damaged the firm's corporate image.
Variants and Related Words
  • Imagery (n): Visually descriptive or figurative language.
    • The poet's use of imagery was powerful.
  • Imaginary (adj): Existing only in the imagination.
    • The child had an imaginary friend.
  • Imagine (v): To form a mental concept or picture.
    • I can't imagine living anywhere else.
Synonyms
  • Likeness: A representation or picture.
  • Picture: A visual representation.
  • Perception: The way something is regarded or understood.
  • Figure: A representation of a form, especially in art.
  • Icon: A person or thing regarded as a representative symbol.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
  • Image forth (archaic/literary): To represent or portray.
    • The statue images forth the spirit of liberty.
Related Idioms

  • A graven image: An idol; a carved statue worshipped as a god. (Often used in religious contexts)

    • The commandment forbids the worship of graven images.

  • To project an image: To consciously present a particular public impression.

    • The candidate tried to project an image of confidence.
image

A child draws a colorful image of a house and a tree.

Noun
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. (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
  4. someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
    • he could be Gingrich's double
    • she's the very image of her mother
  5. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
  6. a standard or typical example
    • he is the prototype of good breeding
    • he provided America with an image of the good father
  7. 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
  8. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
    • a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
  9. an iconic mental representation
    • her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
Verb
  1. 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
  2. render visible, as by means of MRI

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