image

Noun
  1. An iconic mental representation (synset 105936904)
    "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
    is a type of: internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
    subtypes:
    same as: mental image
  2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world (synset 104685073)
    "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
    referred to in:
    is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
    same as: persona
  3. A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface (synset 103937282)
    "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
    is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
    subtypes:
    • bitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
    • chiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
    • collage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
    • foil, transparency - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
    • computer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computer
    • iconography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
    • inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
    • likeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
    • cyclorama, diorama, panorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
    • reflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
    • cat scan, scan - an image produced by scanning
    • echogram, sonogram - an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs
    same as: icon, ikon, picture
  4. A standard or typical example (synset 105946242)
    "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
    is a type of: example, model - a representative form or pattern
    subtypes:
    • concentrate - a concentrated example of something
    • imago - (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
    same as: epitome, paradigm, prototype
  5. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense (synset 107120141)
    domain member usage:
    • cakewalk - an easy accomplishment
    • blind alley - (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
    • blockbuster, megahit, smash hit - an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
    • sleeper - an unexpected hit
    • bell ringer, bull's eye, home run, mark - something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
    • housecleaning - (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
    • goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
    • helm - (figurative) a position of leadership
    • lens - (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
    • domino effect - the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
    • flip side - a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect)
    • period - the end or completion of something
    • summer - the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
    • dawn - an opening time period
    • evening - a later concluding time period
    • rainy day - a (future) time of financial need
    is a type of: rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
    subtypes:
    • conceit - an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
    • irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
    • exaggeration, hyperbole - extravagant exaggeration
    • kenning - conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
    • metaphor - a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
    • metonymy - substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
    • oxymoron - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
    • personification, prosopopoeia - representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    • simile - a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
    • synecdoche - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
    • zeugma - use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect
    same as: figure, figure of speech, trope
  6. Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) (synset 110046971)
    "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    subtypes: clone, dead ringer, ringer - a person who is almost identical to another
    same as: double, look-alike
  7. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined (synset 108016746)
    "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"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
    same as: range, range of a function
  8. The general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public (synset 104683134)
    "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image"
    is a type of: effect, impression - an outward appearance
  9. A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) (synset 103270785)
    "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
    is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
    subtypes:
    same as: effigy, simulacrum
Verb
  1. Render visible, as by means of MRI (synset 202156033)
    is a type of: visualise, visualize - view the outline of by means of an X-ray
  2. Imagine;
    Conceive of;
    See in one's mind (synset 201638974)
    "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
    is a type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
    same as: envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize
    verb group:

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