image
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
images
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images
Britannica Dictionary definition of IMAGE
1
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a picture that is produced by a camera, artist, mirror, etc.
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see also mirror image
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She studied her image in the mirror.
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The kids sat staring at the images on the TV screen.
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painters capturing images of war
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black-and-white images of the city
2
[count]
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a mental picture
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the thought of how something looks or might look
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I can't get the image (of the accident) out of my mind.
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When you told the story I got this image (in my mind) of you as a child.
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His poem evokes images of the sea and warm summer days.
3
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the idea that people have about someone or something
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She is worried about what motherhood will do to her image [=reputation] as a rock star.
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He is trying hard to improve/protect his image.
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The law suit has negatively affected the company's public image.
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a tarnished corporate image
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a politician who cares more about image than about telling the truth
4
[singular]
a
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the form or appearance of someone or something
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“…God created man in his own image…”
Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
b
:
someone who looks very much like another person
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see also spitting image
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He's the (very/living) image of his father. [=he looks like his father]
c
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someone who looks very much like a certain kind of person
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She was the (very) image of a successful businesswoman.
5
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an interesting or memorable way of showing or describing something in a book, movie, etc.
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The book contains many striking/startling images.
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a statue or picture that is made to look like a person or thing
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see also graven image
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Her image still hangs on their living room wall.
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images carved in stone
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religious images
