Definitions for image
ˈɪm ɪdʒim·age

Princeton's WordNet(3.43 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. image, mental image(noun)

   an iconic mental representation

   "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"

2. persona, image(noun)

   (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

   "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"

3. picture, image, icon, ikon(noun)

   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"

4. prototype, paradigm, epitome, image(noun)

   a standard or typical example

   "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

5. trope, figure of speech, figure, image(noun)

   language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

6. double, image, look-alike(noun)

   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, range, range of a function(noun)

   (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"

8. image(noun)

   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"

9. effigy, image, simulacrum(verb)

   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"

10. image(verb)

    render visible, as by means of MRI

11. visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image(verb)

    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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. image(Noun)

   An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.

2. image(Noun)

   A mental picture of something not real or not present.

3. image(Noun)

   A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (see disk image, executable image and image copy)

   Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.

4. image(Noun)

   A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.

5. image(Noun)

   Something mapped to by a function.

   The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2*x.

6. image(Noun)

   The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.

   The image of this step function is the set of integers.

7. image(Verb)

   To represent symbolically

8. image(Verb)

   To reflect, mirror

9. image(Verb)

   To create an image of.

10. image(Verb)

    To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Image(noun)

   an imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

2. Image(noun)

   hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

3. Image(noun)

   show; appearance; cast

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

4. Image(noun)

   a representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

5. Image(noun)

   a picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

6. Image(noun)

   the figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

7. Image(verb)

   to represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

8. Image(verb)

   to represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine

   Etymology: [F., fr. L. imago, imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate, and cf. Imagine.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Image

   An image is an artifact that depicts or records visual perception, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject–usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Image

   im′āj, n. likeness: a statue: an idol: a representation in the mind, an idea: a picture in the imagination: (optics) the figure of any object formed by rays of light.—v.t. to form an image of: to form a likeness of in the mind.—adj. Im′ageless, having no image.—ns. Imagery (im′āj-ri, or im′āj-er-i), the work of the imagination: mental pictures: figures of speech: (orig.) images in general; Im′age-wor′ship, honour paid in worship to graven or painted representations of sacred persons or things. [O. Fr.,—L. imago, image; cf. imitāri, to imitate.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'image' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1360

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'image' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2526

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'image' in Nouns Frequency: #399

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of image in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of image in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of image in a Sentence

1. Alex Branczik:

   There's no doubt that today this image has incredible currency not just here in the UK but across Europe and beyond, here we see this, one of our oldest democracies and within it we see the regression toward tribal animalistic behavior.

2. Veryan Khan:

   This is huge news, i believe Boko Haram is more than just copying the Islamic State -- their image is being ‘shaped’ at very least in the ISIS media wing.

3. Director Brian Oakes:

   There were a lot of things I was reading in the press and sensationalistic headlines and seeing the image of James Foley being used for different kinds of motivations, I felt uncomfortable with, you get very protective of your loved ones and friends and family with stories and legacies they leave behind.

4. Huey Newton:

   Most of my young life I was a student. And I know sociologically that words stigmatize people, we felt that the police needed a label, a label other than that fear image that they carried in the community. So we used the pig as the rather low-life animal in order to identify the police. And it worked.

5. Dee W. Hock:

   Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

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