image
noun.
an iconic mental representation
her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
Synonym: mental image
noun.
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
Synonym: persona
noun.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
they showed us the pictures of their wedding|a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
Synonym: icon, ikon, picture
noun.
a standard or typical example
he is the prototype of good breeding|he provided America with an image of the good father
Synonym: epitome, paradigm, prototype
noun.
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Synonym: trope, figure of speech, figure
noun.
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
he could be Gingrich's double|she's the very image of her mother
Synonym: double, look-alike
noun.
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers
Synonym: range, range of a function
noun.
the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry|the company tried to project an altruistic image
noun.
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln|the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
Synonym: effigy, simulacrum
verb.
render visible, as by means of MRI
verb.
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
I can't see him on horseback!|I can see what will happen|I can see a risk in this strategy
Synonym: visualise, see, project, picture, figure, fancy, envision, visualize