image

A2 Topic:Photography & Images

US /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #2078

Meanings

1

noun
A picture, photo, or representation of someone or something.

The photographer printed the image and hung it on the wall.
2

noun
The impression that a person, company, or thing gives to the public.

Bad customer service can harm a company's image.
3

noun
A picture that you form in your mind.

She had a clear image of her childhood home in her mind.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a picture, photo, or... icon picture

3 noun · a picture that you form in... mental imageidea

Word family

Forms imagedimagelessimagesimaging

Derived forms afterimagebioimagecoimagecounterimageeigenimagefive-imagefluoroimagefour-imageholoimageimageabilityimageableimageboard

Related forms imaginable imaginary imagination imaginative imagine

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Phrases (1)

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body image
the way a person thinks and feels about their own physical appearance

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Sleep is the image of death

Simplified etymology

Image goes back to Latin imago, meaning “imitation, likeness, or idea,” which also lies behind imitation. Imagine is closely related but comes from Latin imaginare, “form an image of” or “represent,” combined with imaginari, “picture to oneself.”

Etymology

From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.

ymage Middle English image Old French imāgō Latin *h₂eym- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Photography & Images Art & Music

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# image

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 2078

## Meanings
1. A picture, photo, or representation of someone or something.
2. The impression that a person, company, or thing gives to the public.
3. A picture that you form in your mind.

## Examples
- The photographer printed the image and hung it on the wall.
- Bad customer service can harm a company's image.
- She had a clear image of her childhood home in her mind.

## Synonyms
- picture

## Derived Forms
- afterimage
- bioimage
- coimage
- counterimage
- eigenimage
- five-image
- fluoroimage
- four-image
- holoimage
- imageability
- imageable
- imageboard

## Related Forms
- imaginable
- imaginary
- imagination
- imaginative
- imagine

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ymage
- Root: image
- Root: imāgō
- Root: *h₂eym-

## Etymology
From Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago.

## AI Etymology
Image comes from Middle English ymage, borrowed from Old French image, from Latin imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym-; the same PIE root is the source of imitari (“to copy, imitate”); see imitate. Doublet of imago. In current use, the main senses are “A picture, photo, or representation of someone or something” and “The impression that a person, company, or thing gives to the public”.

## Topics
- Photography & Images
- Art & Music

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