images

Noun

image (plural images)

1. A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
   • The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
   1. A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.
2. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
   • Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching...2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023

   Synonyms:

   idea

3. A statue or idol.
4. 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.
5. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.

See all 15 meanings of image