Word Games Pro Dictionary
image
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
Quick reference
Word Facts
How it sounds
Pronunciation
Listen
Audio Pronunciation
Audio pronunciation is unavailable for this word.
Meaning
Definitions
noun
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
“the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln”
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”
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”
noun
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
“a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty”
noun
an iconic mental representation
“her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate”
noun
a standard or typical example
“he is the prototype of good breeding”
noun
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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”
noun
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
“he could be Gingrich's double”
verb
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
“I can't see him on horseback!”
verb
render visible, as by means of MRI
In context
Example Sentences
the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
they showed us the pictures of their wedding
a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
although her popular image was contrived, it served to inspire music and pageantry
the company tried to project an altruistic image
a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
he is the prototype of good breeding
he provided America with an image of the good father
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
he could be Gingrich's double
she's the very image of her mother
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy
Similar words