1 [C,U] the impression that a person, an organization or a product, etc. gives to the public:
His public image is very different from the real person. * The advertisements are intended to improve the company's image. * Image is very important in the music world. * stereotyped images of women in children's books
2 [C] a mental picture that you have of what sb/sth is like or looks like:
images of the past * I always had an image of her standing by that particular window.
3 [C] (formal) a copy of sb/sth in the form of a picture or statue:
Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls. * a wooden image of the Hindu god Ganesh * In the Bible it states that humans were created in the image of God.
4 [C] a picture of sb/sth seen in a mirror, through a camera, or on a television or computer:
He stared at his own image reflected in the water. * Slowly, an image began to appear on the screen.
seealsoMIRRORIMAGE
5 [C] a word or phrase that describes sth in an imaginative way:
poetic images of the countryside
IDIOMS
be the image of sb
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is image a noun, verb, or something else?
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