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im·age

image

 
 
pronunciation:
I mihj
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
features:
Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a visual representation of something such as can be seen in a photograph, sculpture, or painting.
The dollar bill has an image of George Washington on one side of it.
synonyms:
depiction, figure, icon, likeness, picture, portrait, portrayal, representation
similar words:
drawing, painting, photograph, sculpture, statue, tapestry
definition 2: a mental picture.
I have only a faint image of my father.The image in my mind of the place was much more beautiful than the reality.He tries to project an image of himself as a bold and innovative leader.
synonyms:
idea, picture, vision
similar words:
concept, fancy, notion, sense, visualization
definition 3: a reflection of something, as in a mirror.
I saw my own image in the mirror.
synonyms:
mirror, mirror image, reflection
similar words:
clone, copy, duplicate, imitation, replica, spitting image, twin
definition 4: a duplication or replica.
She is the image of her mother when she was a young girl.
synonyms:
clone, copy, double, duplicate, imitation, mirror, replica, spitting image, twin
similar words:
counterpart, facsimile, likeness, match, mirror image, reproduction, resemblance, simulacrum, simulation
definition 5: a picture in writing or speech.
The author used words that created a clear image of what the castle looked like.
synonyms:
depiction, picture, portrait
similar words:
idea, illustration, likeness, representation
definition 6: a nearly perfect embodiment.
He is the image of wit and good humor.
synonyms:
embodiment, incarnation, personification, typification
similar words:
archetype, exemplar, model, paradigm, pattern, picture, prototype, representation, sign, symbol
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)image black-and-white, blurry, compelling, composite, detailed, devotional, digital, distorted, disturbing, divine, enduring, faint, fuzzy, grainy, graphic, graven, holographic, iconic, ideal, idealized, indelible, infrared, mental, moving, negative, optical, painted, perceived, photographic, positive, printed, projected, resulting, romantic, sharp, spitting, stereotypical, still, striking, three-dimensional, visual, vivid, x-ray  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)image blur, burnish, capture, conjure, construct, convey, create, cultivate, display, distort, download, enhance, evoke, haunt, invoke, magnify, manipulate, process, produce, project, reinforce, reproduce, scan, shed, soften, tarnish, transmit  [See all][See only the most frequent]
(n.)image + verb depict, flash, flicker, portray, print
noun + (n.)image Help body, camera, lens, microscope, mirror, photographer, photography, pixel, projection, radar, satellite, scan, self, sequence, slide, stereo, telescope, text, video, x-ray
 
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: images, imaging, imaged
definition 1: to represent in a picture, sculpture, or the like.
synonyms:
depict, figure, picture, portray, represent, reproduce
similar words:
draw, mirror, paint, personify, photograph, sculpt, weave
definition 2: in medicine, to create an image of the body or a body part using radiography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, or other scientific means.
definition 3: to picture in the mind or portray in words.
synonyms:
depict, dream, envision, fancy, ideate, paint, picture, portray, prefigure, think, visualize
similar words:
conceive, imagine
definition 4: to reflect in a mirror.
synonyms:
mirror, reflect
similar words:
copy, duplicate, replicate
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)image directly
(v.)image + nounHelp application, brain, data, device, dust, electron, galaxy, object, planet, sensor, sky, software, space, star, study, system, target, technique, technology
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  film, photography
Word Parts  About this feature
The word image contains the following part:
imag Latin root that means likeness