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February 17, 2020 Word of the Day

image /ˈɪmɪʤ/ noun
image
/ˈɪmɪʤ/
noun

plural images

Woman looking at her image in a mirror
Woman looking at her image in a mirror
Definition of IMAGE

1 [count] : a picture that is produced by a camera, artist, mirror, etc.

  • She studied her image in the mirror.

  • The kids sat staring at the images on the TV screen.

  • painters capturing images of war

  • black-and-white images of the city

2 [count] : a mental picture : the thought of how something looks or might look

  • I can't get the image (of the accident) out of my mind.

  • When you told the story I got this image (in my mind) of you as a child.

  • His poem evokes images of the sea and warm summer days.

3 : the idea that people have about someone or something

   [count]
  • She is worried about what motherhood will do to her image [=reputation] as a rock star.

  • He is trying hard to improve/protect his image.

  • The law suit has negatively affected the company's public image.

  • a tarnished corporate image

[noncount]

  • a politician who cares more about image than about telling the truth

4 [singular]
a : the form or appearance of someone or something

  • “…God created man in his own image…”

b : someone who looks very much like another person

  • He's the (very/living) image of his father. [=he looks like his father]

c : someone who looks very much like a certain kind of person

  • She was the (very) image of a successful businesswoman.

5 [count] : an interesting or memorable way of showing or describing something in a book, movie, etc.

  • The book contains many striking/startling images.

6 [count] : a statue or picture that is made to look like a person or thing

  • Her image still hangs on their living room wall.

  • images carved in stone

  • religious images

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