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image

ˈi-mij 2 syllables common

  1. noun.a visual representation of something: such as

    • couldn't get that image out of my head
    • had a negative body image of herself
  2. noun.a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material

    • … a disorderly courtroom can seriously tarnish a community's image of justice.
    • trying to improve his image
  3. noun.a picture produced on an electronic display (such as a television or computer screen)

    • … promoting a corporate image of brotherly love and concern …
    • God created man in his own image
  4. verb.to create a representation of; also: to form an image of

    • imaged Jupiter's rings
    • image the bone using X-rays
  5. verb.to represent symbolically

    • imaging herself at the college
    • Many computer forensics programs now include the option of imaging a suspect drive.
  6. verb.to call up a mental picture of: imagine

Origin

Middle English, "effigy, figure, mental impression of something observed, reflection, resemblance," borrowed from Anglo-French, shortened from imagene, borrowed from Latin imāgin-, imāgō "representation, reflection, apparition, semblance, copy, visible form," from imā- (probably the stem of an otherwise unattested verb *imārī with the same base as imitārī "to follow as a pattern, copy") + -gin-, -gō, denominal or deverbal noun suffix.

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