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W1S3 [ˈımıdʒ] n
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1¦(public opinion)¦
2¦(idea in mind)¦
3¦(picture/what you see)¦
4¦(description)¦
5 be the (very/living/spitting) image of somebody
6 in the image of somebody/something
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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old French; Origin: imagene, from Latin imago]
1.) ¦(PUBLIC OPINION)¦
the opinion people have of a person, organization, product etc, or the way a person, organization etc seems to be to the public
▪ The hotel and casino industry is working hard on improving its image .
▪ The party has to project the right image .
image of
▪ Attempts were made to improve the public image of the police.
2.) ¦(IDEA IN MIND)¦
a picture that you have in your mind, especially about what someone or something is like or the way they look
image of
▪ He had no visual image of her, only her name.
▪ He had the clearest image in his mind of his mother and father.
3.) ¦(PICTURE/WHAT YOU SEE)¦
a) a picture of an object in a mirror or in the ↑lens of a camera
▪ She peered closely at her image in the mirror.
b) a picture on the screen of a television, cinema, or computer
▪ Jill Sharpe was little more than a name, a glossy image on a television screen.
c) a picture or shape of a person or thing that is copied onto paper or is cut in wood or stone
▪ carved images
4.) ¦(DESCRIPTION)¦
a word, phrase, or picture that describes an idea in a poem, book, film etc
▪ He paints a very romantic image of working-class communities.
5.) be the (very/living/spitting) image of sb
to look exactly like someone or something else
▪ He's the spitting image of his mother.
6.) in the image of sb/sth
literary in the same form or shape as someone or something else
▪ According to the Bible, man was made in the image of God.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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