what does image mean?
IMAGE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
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- the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
- the emperor’’s tomb had his image carved in stone
Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
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- they showed us the pictures of their wedding
- a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
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- a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- an iconic mental representation
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- her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a standard or typical example
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- he is the prototype of good breeding
- he provided America with an image of the good father
Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
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- he could be Gingrich’’s double
- she’’s the very image of her mother
Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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IMAGE as VERB
- Meaning
- imagine
- conceive of
- see in one’’s mind
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- I can”t see him on horseback!
- I can see what will happen
- I can see a risk in this strategy
Hypernyms(s) image is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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