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The definition of an image is a representation of something or someone or a photograph or an idea you're picturing in your head or the way you or others think of you.

(noun)

An example of an image is a painting of your father.
An example of image is a picture taken with a camera and developed.
An example of an image is when you picture your kids laughing together.
An example of an image is when you or others think you are stern.

To image is defined as to make a picture or representation of something.

(verb)

An example of image is a CT scan.

See image in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. an imitation or representation of a person or thing, drawn, painted, photographed, etc.; esp., a statue
2. a sculptured figure used as an idol
the visual impression of something produced by reflection from a mirror, refraction through a lens, etc.
a person or thing very much like another; copy; counterpart; likeness
1. a mental picture of something; conception; idea; impression
2. ☆ the concept of a person, product, institution, etc. held by the general public, often one deliberately created or modified by publicity, advertising, propaganda, etc.
a type; typical example; symbol; embodiment: the very image of laziness
a vivid representation; graphic description: a drama that is the image of life
a figure of speech; esp., a metaphor or simile
Psychoanalysis a picture or likeness of a person, as of a parent, usually idealized, constructed in the unconscious and remaining there; imago

Origin: OFr < imagene < L imaginem, acc. of imago, imitation, copy, image, akin to aemulus: see emulate

transitive verb imaged, imaging

to make a representation or imitation of; portray, delineate, etc.
to reflect; mirror
to picture in the mind; imagine
to be a symbol or type of
to describe graphically, vividly, or with figures of speech

Origin: < imagethe ; also < Fr imager < the n.

Related Forms:

imager noun

See image in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A reproduction of the form of a person or object, especially a sculptured likeness.
Physics An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.
One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double: He is the image of his uncle.
a. The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public.
b. The character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media.
A personification of something specified: That child is the image of good health.
A mental picture of something not real or present.
a. A vivid description or representation.
b. A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile.
c. A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death.
Mathematics A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.
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.
Obsolete An apparition.

transitive verb im·aged, im·ag·ing, im·ag·es

To make or produce a likeness of: imaged the poet in bronze.
To mirror or reflect: a statue imaged in the water.
To symbolize or typify: a kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief.
To picture mentally; imagine.
To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture of.
Computer Science
a. To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
b. To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device: imaged the hard drive to the server.
To render visually, as by magnetic resonance imaging.