Dictionary

image en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪm.əd͡ʒ/ Australia, General American, weak vowel merger
• (US) audio
• /ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/ Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, weak vowel distinction
• /ˈɘm.ɘd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɪ.meːd͡ʒ/ (India)

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.

Meanings

1. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
   • Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:
   • They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. […] Although classic science fiction films might wish you to believe otherwise, most insect eyes do not form a complete image in each facet. 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2014:
   • The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of yᵉ Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^([sic – meaning random]) uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images. 1577, Raphaell Holinshed; Richarde Stanyhurst [i.e., Richard Stanihurst], “[The Historie of Irelande […].] The Thirde Booke of the Historie of Ireland, Comprising the Raigne of Henry the Eyght: ….”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, pages 77–78, column 2:
   • The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
2. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art. ▸ A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.
3. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
   • Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food. 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023:
4. A statue or idol.
5. 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.
6. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
7. The value a function maps some argument to.
   • The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x.
8. The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.
   • The image of this step function is the set of integers.
9. A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
10. (obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.
    • The face of things a frightful image bears. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
11. The collection of focus points of light rays coming from a given object.

Forms

Deriveds

image search · stereoimage · imageability · photoimage · before image journal · satellite image · six-image · image film · image consultant · reverse image search · three-image · one-image · global image · vector image · imagesetter · phosphoimage · image histogram · image matting · imagemapping · preimage · four-image · pseudoimage · neuroimage · radar image · waxen image · self-image · self image · holoimage · bioimage · imagesetting · imageboard · image space · ghost image · five-image · an image is worth a thousand words · microimage · lenticular image · coimage · image map · subimage · counterimage · macroimage · imageable · imagism · imagemaker · graven image · reimage · image magic · eigenimage · mirror-image twin · imageless · image macro · image sensor · imagistic · body image · controlling image · image capture · spittin' image · imagery · afterimage · two-image · public image · image rectification · image tube · hero image · golden image · Purkinje image · reaction image · nonimage · imageology · image processing · imagist · imagelike · brand image · enemy image · imagemapped · fluoroimage · orthoimage · after image journal

Descendants

и́мидж · imidž · Image

Hyponyms

real image · inverse image · spitting image · virtual image · microimage · disc image · virtual image · mirror image · mental image · real image · hybrid image · macroimage · digital image · still image

Relateds

imaginary · imagine · imaginative · imagination · imaginable

Synonyms

range (subset of the codomain) · idea (mental picture) · picture (representation) · value (something mapped to)

Translations (275)

pdt Bilt (graphical representation) · ro imagine (characteristic as perceived by others) · yi בילד (graphical representation) · ar صُورَة (graphical representation) · cs image (characteristic as perceived by others) · ru о́браз (computing: file) · io imajo (graphical representation) · da billede (graphical representation) · ka იმიჯი (characteristic as perceived by others) · pt imagem (computing: file) · ps تصوير (graphical representation) · sh slȉka (graphical representation) · ro imagine (computing: file) · ru о́браз (graphical representation) · is mynd (mental picture) · lo ຮູບ (graphical representation) · fa-ira نِگارِه (graphical representation) · sl podoba (mental picture) · be во́браз (characteristic as perceived by others) · ko 심상 (mental picture) · ar سُمْعَة (characteristic as perceived by others) · ja 覚え (mental picture) · uz rasm (graphical representation) · ja 画像 (computing: file) · nl imago (characteristic as perceived by others) · ko 화상 (computing: file) · de Bild (mental picture) · tl laragway (mental picture) · cs představa (mental picture) · ltg atvaigs (graphical representation) · th ภาพลักษณ์ (characteristic as perceived by others) · nl beeld (mental picture) · uk о́браз (characteristic as perceived by others) · el εικόνα (characteristic as perceived by others) · el εικόνα (mental picture) · hu kép (computing: file) · tg тасвир (graphical representation) · cmn 圖景 /图景 (mental picture) · fi vedos (computing: file) · fa-cls تَصْوِیر (graphical representation) · fo mynd (graphical representation) · hu kép (mental picture) · ca imatge (graphical representation) · cmn 鏡像 /镜像 (computing: file) · be і́мідж (characteristic as perceived by others) · mk слика (graphical representation) · pt figura (graphical representation) · sk obraz (graphical representation) · oc imatge (graphical representation) · enm ymage (mental picture) · cs obraz (graphical representation) · sl imidž (characteristic as perceived by others) · he תְּמוּנָה (graphical representation) · bg изображе́ние (computing: file) · ru о́браз (characteristic as perceived by others) · az surət (graphical representation) · cmn 圖像 /图像 (mental picture) · grc εἰκών (graphical representation) · tg акс (graphical representation) · ja 聞こえ (characteristic as perceived by others) · id bayangan (mental picture) · he תְּמוּנָה (math: subset of codomain) · ja 姿 (mental picture) · tl hulagway (graphical representation) · de Erscheinungsbild (characteristic as perceived by others) · gl imaxe (graphical representation) · nb bilde (graphical representation) · nl beeld (graphical representation) · uga 𐎕𐎍𐎎 (graphical representation) · sh prèdstava (mental picture) · az obraz (graphical representation) · sw sura (graphical representation) · gl imaxe (mental picture) · sc màgini (mental picture) · ja 形 (graphical representation) · pl obraz (graphical representation) · tyv чурук (graphical representation) · kk сурет (graphical representation) · sv bild (graphical representation) · nn bilde (graphical representation) · pa ਤਸਵੀਰ (graphical representation) · sk imidž (characteristic as perceived by others) · de Bild (graphical representation) · pl obraz (mental picture) · ja 印象 (characteristic as perceived by others) · vi ảnh (graphical representation) · kk пішін (graphical representation) · el εικόνα (graphical representation) · cmn 圖片 /图片 (computing: file) · be во́браз (graphical representation) · scn mmàggini (graphical representation) · fr image (graphical representation) · pl obraz (math: subset of codomain) · cmn 印象 (characteristic as perceived by others) · ar اِنْطِبَاع (characteristic as perceived by others) · de Speicherabbild (computing: file) · tr resim (graphical representation) · ru о́блик (characteristic as perceived by others) · ja 姿 (graphical representation) · sq duksim (graphical representation) · fi näköistiedosto (computing: file) · de Bild (math: something mapped to by a function) · pl image (characteristic as perceived by others) · ru о́блик (mental picture) · th ภาพ (graphical representation) · ro poză (graphical representation) · pl obraz (math: something mapped to by a function) · nah ixiptli (graphical representation) · fi imago (characteristic as perceived by others) · fi mielikuva (mental picture) · be аблі́чча (characteristic as perceived by others) · lo ພາບ (graphical representation) · ja 感じ (characteristic as perceived by others) · fa-ira نِگارِه (mental picture) · de Image (characteristic as perceived by others) · cmn 映像 (computing: file) · sl slika (graphical representation) · uz surat (graphical representation) · ko 이미지 (graphical representation) · km រូប (graphical representation) · fi kuvausjoukko (math: subset of codomain) · tr görüntü (mental picture) · hi प्रतिबिम्ब (graphical representation) · enm ymage (graphical representation) · bg о́браз (math: something mapped to by a function) · izh koosi (characteristic as perceived by others) · uk о́браз (math: something mapped to by a function) · uk о́браз (graphical representation) · ar صُورَة (mental picture) · sh ѝмиџ (characteristic as perceived by others) · gd dealbh (graphical representation) · de Abbild (graphical representation) · ja 映像 (graphical representation) · ka სურათი (graphical representation) · ja 像 (math: something mapped to by a function) · tr imaj (characteristic as perceived by others) · uk о́браз (computing: file) · be выя́ва (graphical representation) · hu kép (graphical representation) · cmn 形象 (characteristic as perceived by others) · es imagen (graphical representation) · es imagen (characteristic as perceived by others) · hi तस्वीर (graphical representation) · ru о́браз (math: something mapped to by a function) · tr görüntü kümesi (math: something mapped to by a function) · hy պատկեր (graphical representation) · bg и́мидж (characteristic as perceived by others) · ps انځور (graphical representation) · hu imázs (characteristic as perceived by others) · ga íomhá (math: something mapped to by a function) · hu elképzelés (mental picture) · bg предста́ва (mental picture) · lv attēls (graphical representation) · uk о́браз (mental picture) · hy կերպար (characteristic as perceived by others) · kk кескін (graphical representation) · uk обли́ччя (mental picture) · eo bildo (graphical representation) · ru изображе́ние (graphical representation) · sk predstava (mental picture) · pt imagem (mental picture) · hu képzet (mental picture) · is mynd (graphical representation) · ja イメージ (mental picture) · ro imagine (graphical representation) · lo ຮູບພາບ (graphical representation) · ru изображе́ние (computing: file) · nl beeltenis (graphical representation) · yue 圖片 /图片 (graphical representation) · hy պատկեր (mental picture) · nl beeldkopie (computing: file) · uz tasvir (graphical representation) · hi चित्र (characteristic as perceived by others) · tl hulagway (computing: file) · ty hohoʻa (graphical representation) · mi mātātuhi (graphical representation) · pt fotografia (graphical representation) · tr görüntü (computing: file) · qu rikch'ay (characteristic as perceived by others) · pt imagem (characteristic as perceived by others) · ur تَصْوِیر (graphical representation) · th รูปภาพ (graphical representation) · uk зобра́ження (graphical representation) · ga íomhá (computing: file) · sco eemage (graphical representation) · ro figură (mental picture) · sh ìmidž (characteristic as perceived by others) · es estampa (graphical representation) · fi mielikuva (characteristic as perceived by others) · ko 영상 (graphical representation) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (graphical representation) · gd dealbh (mental picture) · bn ছবি (graphical representation) · be во́браз (mental picture) · br skeudenn (graphical representation) · id gambaran (mental picture) · pt imagem (math: something mapped to by a function) · bg о́браз (graphical representation) · bg о́браз (mental picture) · egy t-w&t-A53 (graphical representation) · ast imaxen (graphical representation) · ru и́мидж (characteristic as perceived by others) · dsb wobraz (graphical representation) · cmn 形像 (characteristic as perceived by others) · sq imazh (graphical representation) · hi छवि (characteristic as perceived by others) · pl obraz (computing: file) · sv bild (mental picture) · id gambar (graphical representation) · pl wizerunek (characteristic as perceived by others) · nv eʼelyaaígíí (graphical representation) · ja 肖像 (graphical representation) · ja 心象 (mental picture) · fa-ira تَصْویر (graphical representation) · fi kuvaus (math: something mapped to by a function) · cmn 像 (math: something mapped to by a function) · lt įvaizdis (characteristic as perceived by others) · ro imagine (math: subset of codomain) · hi चित्र (graphical representation) · he אִימֶג׳ (computing: file) · de Image (computing: file) · ko 이미지 (characteristic as perceived by others) · mfe zimaz (graphical representation) · el απείκασμα (graphical representation) · fi kuva (math: subset of codomain) · pt imagem (graphical representation) · la imāgō (graphical representation) · bg изображе́ние (graphical representation) · sh прѐдстава (mental picture) · el εικόνα (computing: file) · lez суьрет (graphical representation) · sh сли̏ка (graphical representation) · sv image (characteristic as perceived by others) · ht imaj (graphical representation) · fi kuva (graphical representation) · nl plaatje (graphical representation) · nv eʼelyaaígíí (computing: file) · hsb wobraz (graphical representation) · mi atahanga (graphical representation) · fa انگاره (graphical representation) · mk имиџ (characteristic as perceived by others) · be выя́ва (computing: file) · cs obraz (math: something mapped to by a function) · el πανομοιότυπο (graphical representation) · nl beeld (characteristic as perceived by others) · it immagine (computing: file) · tl imahen (graphical representation) · ko 인상 (characteristic as perceived by others) · el περιωπή (characteristic as perceived by others) · th รูป (graphical representation) · pnb تصویر (graphical representation) · pt visão (mental picture) · cmn 意象 (mental picture) · ko 상 (graphical representation) · fi kuva (mental picture) · az şəkil (graphical representation) · ga íomhá (graphical representation) · nl perceptie (mental picture) · ml ചിത്രം (graphical representation) · it immagine (graphical representation) · sc màgini (graphical representation) · ug رەسىم (graphical representation) · el απεικόνιση (graphical representation) · uk і́мідж (characteristic as perceived by others) · km រូបភាព (graphical representation) · ja 像 (graphical representation) · kk бейне (mental picture) · ru о́браз (mental picture) · hu arculat (characteristic as perceived by others) · cmn 圖片 /图片 (graphical representation) · be аблі́чча (mental picture) · he תַּדְמִית (characteristic as perceived by others) · sl predstava (mental picture) · ky сүрөт (graphical representation) · hi छवि (mental picture)

image en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪm.əd͡ʒ/ Australia, General American, weak vowel merger
• (US) audio
• /ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/ Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, weak vowel distinction
• /ˈɘm.ɘd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɪ.meːd͡ʒ/ (India)

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
   • 1718, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintot, Volume IV, Observations on the Fifteenth Book, Note 14 on verse 252, p. 215, This Representation of the Terrors which must have attended the Conflict of two such mighty Powers as Jupiter and Neptune, whereby the Elements had been mix’d in Confusion, and the whole Frame of Nature endangered, is imaged in these few Lines with a Nobleness suitable to the Occasion.
   • For example, in one use of content analysis, U.S. researchers Victoria Holden, William Holden, and Gary Davis (1997) examined the growing controversy over the racial imaging of indigenous peoples symbolized in sports team nicknames […] 2000, Mary Ann Schwartz, BarBara Marliene Scott, Madine M. L. Vanderplaat, Sociology: Making Sense of the Social World, page 51:
   • [The road] straggled onward into the mystery of a primeval forest. This hemmed it in so narrowly, and stood so black and dense on either side, and disclosed such imperfect glimpses of the sky above, that, to Hester’s mind, it imaged not amiss the moral wilderness in which she had so long been wandering. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 16, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 222:
   • […] his behaviour was, as I had imaged to myself, solemnly devout. 1791, James Boswell, “(please specify the year)”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 393:
   • […] he repeated, with such tremulous feeling, the various lines which imaged a broken heart, or a mind destroyed by wretchedness, and looked so entirely as if he meant to be understood, that she ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry, and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely […] 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To reflect, mirror.
   • See’st thou yon river, whose translucent wave, Forth issuing from the darkness, windeth through The argent streets o’ th’ City, imaging The soft inversion of her tremulous Domes, 1829, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Timbuctoo”, in The Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson, volume I, London: J.M. Dent & Sons, published 1906, page 10:
   • […]we look into a pair of eyes deep as our own, imaging our own, but all unconscious of us; to whom we, for the time, are become as spirits and invisible! 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “2, “St. Edmundsbury,””, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk), page 43:
   • Sorrow was dead indeed in her, but peace and perfect happiness were born; imaged in her tranquil beauty and profound repose. 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Seventy-first”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC, page 210:
3. (transitive) To create an image of.
   • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2014:
   • He added, in an email to CNN, that “the collection of increasingly large and well curated medical datasets has enabled AI tools to predict genetic mutations from imaging phenotypes reducing the burden of healthcare systems and improving the way we care for patients.” Phenotypes are observable characteristics. 2019 January 8, Nina Avramova, “AI technology can identify genetic diseases by looking at your face, study says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2022:
4. (transitive) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

Forms

Deriveds

unimaged

Translations (18)

de spiegeln (to reflect) · bg изобразявам (to represent symbolically) · bg отразявам (to reflect) · tr yansımak (to reflect) · fi kuvata (to represent symbolically) · tr resmini çekmek (to create an image of) · fi kuvantaa (to create an image of) · fi ottaa levykuva (computing: to create a backup copy) · tr görüntülemek (computing: to create a backup copy) · fi heijastaa (to reflect) · fi kuvata (to create an image of) · sd عڪس (computing: to create a backup copy) · de abbilden (to create an image of) · cmn 成像 (to create an image of) · tr yansıtmak (to reflect) · de erstellen (computing: to create a backup copy) · de reflektieren (to reflect) · cmn 反映 (to reflect)