IMAGE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of image in English imagenoun uk /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/

image noun (MENTAL PICTURE)

Add to word list Add to word list C2 [ C ] a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is: I have an image in my mind of how I want the garden to be.fit your image He doesn't fit (= he is different to) my image of how an actor should look. B2 [ C or U ] the way that something or someone is thought of by other people: public image The aim is to improve the public image of the police. The company has made strenuous attempts to improve its image in recent years.image-conscious He's terribly image-conscious (= tries to dress and behave in a way that other people will admire). [ C ]   literature   specialized a mental picture or idea that forms in a reader's or listener's mind from the words that they read or hear: The poem is full of images of birth and new life.

• I can't get that dreadful image out of my mind.
• Recently the president has sought to project a much tougher image.
• For some people, the word 'England' may still conjure up images of pretty gardens and tea parties.
• The city is trying to shrug off its industrial image and promote itself as a tourist centre.
• Water, a symbol of life, recurs as an image throughout her poems.

Imagining and conceiving

• assume
• beyond your wildest dreams idiom
• blue-sky
• cognitive map
• conceivable
• fancy
• fertility
• impute something to someone phrasal verb
• in your mind's eye idiom
• inconceivably
• lay the foundation(s) of/for idiom
• look on/upon someone/something as something phrasal verb
• manifestation
• regard
• reimagine
• retheorization
• retheorize
• revisualization
• riot
• throw

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Conditions and characteristics Ideas, concepts and theories

image noun (PICTURE)

B2 [ C ] any picture, especially one formed by a mirror or a lens: television images of starving children The image you see in the mirror. Synonyms illustration (PICTURE) picture (IMAGE)

• Television confronts the viewer with a succession of glittering and seductive images.
• Their pilots are guided by an infrared optical system that shows images clearly even at night.
• You can use the device to scan the image and reproduce it on-screen in an electronic format.
• One of the film's many unsettling images is of a child playing with her father's gun.
• Can you improve the sharpness of the image at all?

Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers

• anti-reflection
• anti-reflective
• chromatic aberration
• concentrator
• converging lens
• eyepiece
• field glasses
• microscopy
• non-dispersive
• non-reflecting
• optical density
• optics
• polarization
• polarize
• reflective
• refract
• speculum mirror
• spotting scope
• spyglass
• transparency

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Pictures

Idiom

be the (living/spitting) image of someone (Definition of image from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

image | American Dictionary

imagenoun [ C ] us /ˈɪm·ɪdʒ/

image noun [C] (IDEA)

Add to word list Add to word list an idea, esp. a mental picture, of what something or someone is like: I had an image of Texas in my head that was totally different from how it really is. Someone’s image is the idea that other people have of that person, esp. an idea created by advertising and by newspaper and television stories: He’s trying to project a more presidential image. An image is also a description of something or someone: The book presented an image of life on a farm in the 19th century.

image noun [C] (PICTURE)

a picture, esp. one seen in a mirror or through a camera: moving images on a TV screen (Definition of image from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

image | Business English

imagenoun uk /ˈɪmɪdʒ/ us Add to word list Add to word list [ C or U ]   MARKETING the reputation that a person, organization, product, etc. has, including the characteristics, appearance, etc. that they are known for: create/project/build an image The logo change is part of an ongoing effort to project a new image that will attract younger customers.change/improve/protect sb's image Developers discussed how the impoverished town could improve its image and boost its redevelopment potential. tarnish/hurt/destroy sb's image Staff upheavals and clashes with European regulators have tarnished the image of the world's top soft-drinks business. good/positive/strong image When working in sales, it is important that you present a positive image. a bad/poor/negative imagesb's public/private/professional image These events give delegates the chance to network and improve their professional image. People's choice of product is often more influenced by image than by quality. [ C ] a picture or photograph, especially one shown on a computer or television screen: You can rotate the image, resize it, zoom in, zoom out, or adjust its color. The new scanner delivers exceptional image quality and reliability. a computer/digital/photographic image black and white/greyscale/color image

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brand image corporate image (Definition of image from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of image

image In par t, the book is intended to counter negative images of the region by providing rich analysis of local ar t forms. From the Cambridge English Corpus We tend to project these images and functions onto writing at large, and thus take far too much for granted. From the Cambridge English Corpus The solution of this problem -h can be found using the method of images [9]. From the Cambridge English Corpus The segmentation of medical images by level set methods has been investigated by several authors [50, 75, 94, 111, 139]. From the Cambridge English Corpus People breathe life into the world and into art's images of it. From the Cambridge English Corpus In order to succeed, children had to know the cued word associated with the lip-read images. From the Cambridge English Corpus Perhaps this overemphasis on literal images inadvertently discouraged metaphorical responses. From the Cambridge English Corpus Both of these images were scored as figurative-metaphorical-relevant (3). From the Cambridge English Corpus Teachers could encourage students to form clear, literal images of an expression. From the Cambridge English Corpus Finally, we raise the issue of evidence from imaging studies of auditory hallucination. From the Cambridge English Corpus The republic they imaged was quite different from the country they lived in. From the Cambridge English Corpus When people said that they did drink but ' not a lot ', this was contextualized either in drinking occasions or in cultural images of alcohol use. From the Cambridge English Corpus Observed in the stereoscope the two images merge and blossom revealing the full three-dimensional impact of the scene. From the Cambridge English Corpus The notion of blossoming is analogous to the process of 'fusing' the two flat images of a stereoscopic pair into a virtual three-dimensional volume. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the main, however, the images summon forth memories of the spirit that triumphed. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of image These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with image

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additional imageAn additional image with the calibration rig resting on the task surface was also utilized in order to determine the extrinsec parameters of the task surface. From the Cambridge English Corpus   astronomical imageWergo's necessarily thick booklet, appropriately embellished with astronomical images of the time, irritatingly began to fall apart after an hour's use. From the Cambridge English Corpus   blurred imagePerhaps the somewhat blurred image we tend to make in the world today may be bound up with this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with image What is the pronunciation of image?

Translations of image

in Chinese (Traditional) 頭腦中的形象, （自己頭腦中的）形象，印象, （他人心中的）形象，印象… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 头脑中的形象, （自己头脑中的）形象，印象, （他人心中的）形象，印象… See more in Spanish imagen, imagen [feminine], fotografía [feminine]… See more in Portuguese imagem, imagem [feminine], ideia [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian चित्र, एखाद्या व्यक्ती, वस्तूबद्दलची मनातील कल्पना… See more 印象, 映像, イメージ… See more imaj, izlenim, fikir… See more image [feminine], idée [feminine], image… See more imatge… See more beeld, evenbeeld, spiegelbeeld… See more உங்கள் மனதில் ஒரு படம் அல்லது ஒருவர் அல்லது ஏதோ ஒன்று எப்படி இருக்கிறது என்பதற்கான யோசனை, எதையாவது அல்லது ஒருவரை மற்றவர்கள் நினைக்கும் விதம், ஒரு வாசகன் அல்லது கேட்பவரின் மனதில் அவர்கள் படிக்கும் அல்லது கேட்கும் சொற்களிலிருந்து உருவாகும் ஒரு மனப் படம் அல்லது கருத்து… See more (व्यक्ति या वस्तु की मन में एक) छवि, मानसिक चित्र, (लोगों की किसी चीज़ या व्यक्ति के विषय में) छवि… See more કલ્પનાચિત્ર, છાપ, શબ્દચિત્ર… See more billede, forestilling, være nogens udtrykte billede… See more avbild, beläte, spegelbild… See more patung, sangat mirip, bayangan… See more das Standbild, das Ebenbild, das Bild… See more bilde [neuter], image [neuter], bilde… See more کسی کے بارے میں اپنے ذہن میں ایک تصویر بنانا, کسی کے بارے میں رائے قائم کرنا, کسی کی تصویر کسی خاص انداز میں پیش کرنا… See more зображення, образ, подоба… See more репутация, имидж, изображение… See more మనస్సులో ఉన్న ఒక చిత్రం లేదా ఎవరైనా లేదా ఏదైనా ఎలా ఉన్నారనే/ ఉంటుందనే ఊహ, ఇతర వ్యక్తులు దేనిగురించైనా లేదా ఎవరిగురించైనా ఆలోచించే విధానం, వాళ్లు చదివిన లేదా విన్న పదాల నుండి పాఠకుల లేదా శ్రోతల మనస్సులో ఏర్పడే మానసిక చిత్రం లేదా ఆలోచన… See more صُوْرة, اِنْطِباع, صَوْرة… See more কোন ব্যক্তি বা বস্তু সম্পর্কে মানসিক ধারণা, ভাবমূর্তি, মানসপটে ভেসে ওঠা ছবি… See more socha, zobrazení, podoba… See more patung, sangat mirip, bayangan… See more รูปปั้น, ความคล้ายคลึงกันอย่างมาก, ภาพสะท้อน (เช่น ในกระจก… See more tượng, giống, hình ảnh… See more wizerunek, obraz, wierna kopia… See more 이미지, 인상, 영상… See more immagine, ritratto… See more Need a translator?

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• mirror image
• image ad
• non-image
• afterimage
• body image
• brand image
• disk image

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• blacken someone's name/image/reputation phrase
• project an image idiom
• be the (living/spitting) image of someone idiom
• be the spitting image of someone idiom
• be the spit (and image) of someone, at be the spitting image of someone idiom

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