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im⋅age

  [im-ij] noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.
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–noun
1. 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 and their reception on a surface.
3. a mental representation; idea; conception.
4. Psychology. a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.
5. form; appearance; semblance: We are all created in God's image.
6. counterpart; copy: That child is the image of his mother.
7. a symbol; emblem.
8. the general or public perception of a company, public figure, etc., esp. as achieved by careful calculation aimed at creating widespread goodwill.
9. a type; embodiment: Red-faced and angry, he was the image of frustration.
10. a description of something in speech or writing: Keats created some of the most beautiful images in the language.
11. Rhetoric. a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor or a simile.
12. an idol or representation of a deity: They knelt down before graven images.
13. Mathematics. the point or set of points in the range corresponding to a designated point in the domain of a given function.
14. Archaic. an illusion or apparition.
–verb (used with object)
15. to picture or represent in the mind; imagine; conceive.
16. to make an image of; portray in sculpture, painting, etc.
17. to project (photographs, film, etc.) on a surface: Familiar scenes were imaged on the screen.
18. to reflect the likeness of; mirror.
19. to set forth in speech or writing; describe.
20. to symbolize; typify.
21. to resemble.
22. Informal. to create an image for (a company, public figure, etc.): The candidate had to be imaged before being put on the campaign trail.
23. to transform (data) into an exact replica in a different form, as changing digital data to pixels for display on a CRT or representing a medical scan of a body part in digital form.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME < OF image, imagene (-ene appar. construed as suffix) < L imāgin-, s. of imāgō a copy, likeness, equiv. to im- (cf. imitate ) + -āgō n. suffix; (v.) ME: to form a mental picture < OF imagier, deriv. of image

Related forms:
im⋅age⋅a⋅ble, adjective
im⋅ag⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 12. Image, icon, idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship: to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint. An icon, in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like: At least two icons are found in each church. An idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such: a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols. It may be used figuratively: to make an idol of wealth. 2. likeness, figure, representation. 3. notion. 6. facsimile.

Antonyms:
6. original.
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im·age   (ĭm'ĭj)   
n.  
  1. A reproduction of the form of a person or object, especially a sculptured likeness.
  2. Physics An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.
  3. One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double: He is the image of his uncle.
    1. The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public.
    2. The character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media.
    3. A vivid description or representation.
    4. A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile.
    5. A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death.
  5. A personification of something specified: That child is the image of good health.
  6. A mental picture of something not real or present.
    1. A vivid description or representation.
    2. A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile.
    3. A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death.
  8. Mathematics A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.
  9. Computer Science An exact replica of the contents of a storage device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such as a network server.
  10. Obsolete An apparition.
tr.v.   im·aged, im·ag·ing, im·ag·es
  1. To make or produce a likeness of: imaged the poet in bronze.
  2. To mirror or reflect: a statue imaged in the water.
  3. To symbolize or typify: a kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief.
  4. To picture mentally; imagine.
  5. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture of.
  6. Computer Science
    1. To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
    2. To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device: imaged the hard drive to the server.
  7. To render visually, as by magnetic resonance imaging.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin imāgō; see aim- in Indo-European roots.]
im'age·less adj., im'ag·er n.
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