image
part of speech
noun (an image, images)
meaning for a pupil
1) A picture, photo or drawing of something, on paper or a screen. tree →
2) A picture of something in your mind. tree →
3) The picture of something seen in a mirror, lens or water; a reflection. tree →
4) The way other people see someone or something. tree →
5) An image can also be a statue or carved figure of a person or god. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, a mirror makes an image that is reversed left to right; lenses make images bigger or smaller. In maths, a reflection or rotation of a shape makes its image. In online safety, never share images of yourself with strangers, and remember images can be edited or fake. In stories, writers use words to create images in the reader's mind. Phrases: «mirror image», «search for images», «the image of» (looks just like).
examples
- Draw the image of the shape after reflecting it in the mirror line. tree →
- The image in the mirror is back to front. tree →
- She searched for images of tigers for her project. tree →
- Don't post images of yourself online without asking a parent. tree →
- The poem made a clear image in my mind. tree →
- A magnifying glass makes a bigger image. tree →
- He's the image of his father. tree →
- Some images online have been changed to trick people. tree →
- The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter tree →
note
Countable; with «an» because it starts with a vowel sound: «an image». Said «IM-ij». In maths transformations, the original shape is the «object» and the moved shape is its «image».
In the corpora
- Free verse is poetry without a regular rhyme or beat; it uses line breaks and images instead.
- It looks real, but a reverse image search shows it was edited from an old picture.
- Edited and fake photos often spread after big events; an adult can help with a reverse image search.
- Younger children are more easily frightened by scary images, which is one reason games have age ratings.
- Many claims can be checked: team lists online, a phone call to a parent, a reverse image search for a photo.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «image» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.