image
A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
Noun 4 meanings
A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
“The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.”
A mental picture of something not real or not present.
A statue or idol.
A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
“Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.”
Verb 4 meanings
To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
To reflect, mirror.
To create an image of.
To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
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.
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IMAGE at a glance
IMAGE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (I 1 + M 3 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,186 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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