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image
('/I/m/I//dZ/ )

noun (n)

  • an iconic mental representation(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    Her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate.
    Synonym:
    mental image
    source: wordnet30
  • (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    A public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty.
    Synonym:
    persona
    source: wordnet30
  • a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them.
    Synonym:
    icon, ikon, picture
    source: wordnet30
  • a standard or typical example(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He provided America with an image of the good father.
    Synonym:
    epitome, paradigm, prototype
    source: wordnet30
  • language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    figure, figure of speech, trope
    source: wordnet30
  • someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)(noun.person)
    Example:
    She's the very image of her mother.
    Synonym:
    double, look-alike
    source: wordnet30
  • (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined(noun.group)
    Example:
    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.
    Synonym:
    range, range of a function
    source: wordnet30
  • the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    Although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry.
    The company tried to project an altruistic image.
    source: wordnet30
  • a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone.
    Synonym:
    effigy, simulacrum
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • render visible, as by means of MRI(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize
    source: wordnet30
  • To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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