image
[ im-ij ]
/ ˈɪm ɪdʒ /
noun
verb (used with object), im·aged, im·ag·ing.
Origin of image
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French
image, imagene (
-ene apparently construed as suffix) < Latin
imāgin-, stem of
imāgō a copy, likeness, equivalent to
im- (cf.
imitate) +
-āgō noun suffix; (verb) Middle English: to form a mental picture < Old French
imagier, derivative of
image
SYNONYMS FOR image
1, 12
Image,
icon,
idol refer to material representations of persons or things. An
image is a representation as in a statue or effigy, and is sometimes regarded as an object of worship:
to set up an image of Apollo; an image of a saint. An
icon, in the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, is a representation of Christ, an angel, or a saint, in painting, relief, mosaic, or the like:
At least two icons are found in each church. An
idol is an image, statue, or the like representing a deity and worshiped as such:
a wooden idol; The heathen worship idols. It may be used figuratively:
to make an idol of wealth.
2 likeness, figure, representation.
3 notion.
6 facsimile.
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British Dictionary definitions for image
image
/ (ˈɪmɪdʒ) /
noun
verb (tr)
Derived forms of image
imageable, adjective imageless, adjectiveWord Origin for image
C13: from Old French
imagene, from Latin
imāgō copy, representation; related to Latin
imitārī to
imitate
Medical definitions for image
image
[ ĭm′ĭj ]
n.
An optically formed duplicate or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction of an object formed by a lens or mirror.
A mental picture of something not real or present.
An exact copy of data in a computer file transferred to another medium.
v.
Idioms and Phrases with image
image
see spitting image.