Topic: THEATRE
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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | imagene, from Latin imago |
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im‧age S3 W1
[countable]
[countable]1 the opinion people have of a person, organization, product etc, or the way a person, organization etc seems to be to the public :
public opinion
2 a picture that you have in your mind, especially about what someone or something is like or the way they look
idea in mind
image of He had no visual image of her, only her name.
He had no visual image of her, only her name.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.
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.
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
carved images4 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.
description
He paints a very romantic image of working-class communities.5 to look exactly like someone or something else : He's the spitting image of his mother.
be the (very/living/spitting) image of somebody
He's the spitting image of his mother.6 in the same form or shape as someone or something else : According to the Bible, man was made in the image of God.
in the image of somebody/something
literaryAccording to the Bible, man was made in the image of God.