im•ageˈɪm ɪdʒ(n.; v.)-aged, -ag•ing.

1. (n.)a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.

2. an optical counterpart or appearance of an object, as is produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction by a lens, or the passage of luminous rays through a small aperture.

   Category: Optics

3. a mental representation; idea; conception.

4. Psychol. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.

   Category: Psychology

5. form; appearance; semblance:

   created in God's image.

6. counterpart; copy:

   That child is the image of his mother.

7. a symbol; emblem.

   Category: Philosphy

8. a general or public perception, as of a company, esp. when achieved by calculation aimed at creating goodwill.

   Category: Common Vocabulary

9. type; embodiment:

   the image of frustration.

10. a description of something in speech or writing.

    Category: Rhetoric

11. a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile.

    Category: Rhetoric

12. an idol or representation of a deity:

    They knelt down before graven images.

13. Math. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function.

    Category: Math

14. (v.t.)to picture in the mind; imagine.

15. to make an image of.

16. to project (an image) on a surface.

    Category: Photography

17. to reflect the likeness of; mirror.

18. to describe in speech or writing.

19. to symbolize; typify.

Origin of image:

1175–1225; ME < OF image, imagene < L imāgō a copy, likeness

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