American English pronunciation
How to pronounce images
IPA transcription: ['ɪmədʒəz]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɪmədʒəz]['ɪmɪdʒɪz]
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Noun
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an iconic mental representation
“her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate”
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a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
“they showed us the pictures of their wedding”
“a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them”
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(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
“a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty”
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a standard or typical example
“he is the prototype of good breeding”
“he provided America with an image of the good father”
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
“he could be Gingrich's double”
“she's the very image of her mother”
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(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
“the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers”
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the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
“although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry”
“the company tried to project an altruistic image”
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a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
“the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln”
“the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone”
Verb
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imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
“I can't see him on horseback!”
“I can see what will happen”
“I can see a risk in this strategy”
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render visible, as by means of MRI
Usage examples
- Chlorophyll concentrations are derived from images of the ocean's color.
- Strange images passed through my mind.
- The route follows traces of old roads used for pilgrimages in the Middle Ages.
- The images were found to be in the lowest indecency rating.
- Strange images passed through my mind.
- Both images were shot by Glen E. Friedman.
- The media can perpetuate stereotypes through certain images and vernacular.
- One of up to sixteen different images can be selected at boot time.
- Some of the images stayed with me for years.
- Strange images passed through my mind.