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image

//ˈɪm.ɪdʒ//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for image

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
images

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
image
past (v2)
imaged
past participle (v3)
imaged
present participle
imaging
3rd person singular
images

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

    • The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.

  2. 2.A mental picture of something not real or not present.

  3. 3.A statue or idol.

  4. 4.A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)

    • Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To reflect, mirror.

    • Sorrow was dead indeed in her, but peace and perfect happiness were born; imaged in her tranquil beauty and profound repose.

  2. 2.To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

  3. 3.To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

  4. 4.To create an image of.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #577

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Uncommon
Literature
Rare

Etymology

From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate.

Doublet of imago.

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