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Word image
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈɪmɪdʒ / NAmE / ˈɪmɪdʒ /
Example
  • his public image is very different from the real person.
  • the advertisements are intended to improve the company's image.
  • image is very important in the music world.
  • stereotyped images of women in children’s books
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(noun)BrE / ˈɪmɪdʒ / NAmE / ˈɪmɪdʒ /
  1. the impression that a person, an organization or a product, etc. gives to the public
    • His public image is very different from the real person.
    • The advertisements are intended to improve the company's image.
    • Image is very important in the music world.
    • stereotyped images of women in children’s books
  2. a mental picture that you have of what somebody/something is like or looks like
    • images of the past
    • I had a mental image of what she would look like.
  3. a copy of somebody/something in the form of a picture or statue
    • Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls.
    • a wooden image of the Hindu god Ganesh
    • In the Bible it states that humans were created in the image of God.
  4. a picture of somebody/something seen in a mirror, through a camera, or on a television or computer
    • see also mirror image
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mirror-image
    • He stared at his own image reflected in the water.
    • Slowly, an image began to appear on the screen.
  5. a word or phrase used with a different meaning from its normal one, in order to describe something in a way that produces a strong picture in the mind
    • poetic images of the countryside
  6. to look very like somebody/something else
    • see also spitting image
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/spitting-image_1
    • He's the image of his father.

    Extra Examples

    • After exposure a faint image is visible.
    • Betsy was a mirror image of her twin.
    • Champagne houses owe their success to brand image.
    • Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless cottage cheese salads.
    • Each illustration is displayed as a complete screen image.
    • Eastwood has maintained an image as a tough guy.
    • He didn’t fit my image of the boss.
    • He represents the perfect image of a clean-living college boy.
    • He started to recall images from his past.
    • He’s a good player with a clean image.
    • He’s the spitting image of his father!
    • I like to build up images of the characters and setting before I start to write.
    • In real life she looks nothing like her screen image.
    • It leaves indelible images imprinted on your mind.
    • It was forbidden to worship graven images.
    • Samba always seems to conjure up images of Brazil.
    • She had a sudden mental image of herself in a wedding dress.
    • She is now seeking to soften her image for voters.
    • She longed to capture the image on film.
    • She was aiming for a wholesome, girl-next-door image.
    • The company needs to create a new image for itself.
    • The devices are capable of enlarging the image.
    • The display juxtaposed images from serious and popular art.
    • The group has failed to live up to its macho image.
    • The history books built up a false image of an unpopular president.
    • The industry had a poor image.
    • The industry is trying to shed its negative image.
    • The machine can capture a three-dimensional image of a patient’s heart.
    • The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished image.
    • The return journey was almost a mirror image of the outward one.
    • The visual image is steadily replacing the written word.
    • These images are used for marketing purposes.
    • They can connect directly to the image files and allow the customer to view them.
    • Treating disabled people like children only reinforces negative images of disability.
    • Under each thumbnail image is a link to a larger illustration.
    • Visitors can view live radar images and listen in to the control tower.
    • You can store these images in a separate computer file.
    • a book which presents positive images of older people
    • a live close-up image of her face
    • a standard video output for image transfer or remote viewing
    • an effort to improve the organization’s public image
    • flickering images on a screen
    • heat images that show where most of the activity in the brain is
    • help with eating disorders and body image
    • humorous posters bearing an image of a squatting dog
    • image analysis and feature recognition
    • powerful and disturbing images of the war
    • realistic 3D graphics with sharp images
    • the ability to summon up images in the mind
    • the distorted images in his dreams
    • the hackneyed image of the poor student
    • the ideal image of American citizenship
    • the images produced on laser printers
    • the painted image of a human being
    • the pixel information used to display a digital image
    • the use of still and moving video images
    • traditional images of motherhood
    • unrealistic images of the ideal body
    • Do human beings think in words or in images?
    • Her writings are full of poetic images of the countryside.
    • I always had an image of her standing by that window gazing out.
    • That’s not a very nice image!
    • The advertisements are intended to improve the company’s image.
    • the stereotyped images of women in children’s books

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French, from Latin imago; related to imitate.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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