image

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. the way that people think about a person, group, or company.

n. the general impression that a person, organisation, or product presents to the public.

“The company is trying to improve its image by using more recycled materials.”

“The politician hired a consultant to help soften his public image before the upcoming election cycle.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. a picture that you have in your mind.

n. a mental representation or idea of something not present to the senses.

“I had a clear image in my head of how the garden would look in summer.”

“The poet uses vivid language to create a haunting image of the abandoned city.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a file that contains a complete copy of all the data on a disk or system.

n. a single file containing the complete contents and structure of a data storage medium or device.

“You should create a disk image of your hard drive before installing the new software.”

“The administrator deployed the operating system across the network using a pre-configured disk image.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Mathematics Academic · Technical

n. the result you get after putting a number into a mathematical rule or function.

n. the set of values a function takes when applied to all elements in its domain.

“In this equation, the image of x is always a positive number.”

“The professor asked the students to map the function and identify the image of the subset.”

C1 · Advanced Science Technical

v. to make a picture of something, often using special equipment like a scanner.

v. to produce a visual representation of something, especially using medical or scientific equipment.

“Doctors used an MRI to image the patient's brain.”

“Advanced telescopes allow astronomers to image distant galaxies that were previously invisible.”