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UK/ˈɘm.ɘdʒ/ US/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ common
noun (7) verb (1)

noun

1.

an iconic mental representation

  • “her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate”
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2.

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”
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3.

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

  • “a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty”
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4.

a standard or typical example

  • “he is the prototype of good breeding”
  • “he provided America with an image of the good father”
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5.
6.

someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

  • “he could be Gingrich”
  • “;”
  • “s the very image of her mother”
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7.

a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

  • “the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln”
  • “the emperor”
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verb

1.

imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind

  • “I can”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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Origin

From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.

Phrases

  • after image journal
  • an image is worth a thousand words
  • before image journal
  • body image
  • brand image
  • controlling image
  • enemy image
  • ghost image

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