🖼️ A picture 🌟 Reputation 💭 A mind picture 👥 A lookalike 🧲 To scan 🔢 Output set

to image

24 6.5

To take a scan or picture of a body part to check for problems

verb
/ˈɪmɪdʒ/

Specialized

: obtener imágenes de

The investigators proposed to image sunspots with the CCD mounted to a Celestron 8-inch telescope.
image the target
image an object
image a subject

We turn the Earth into one giant MRI machine so we can image underground bases.

Examples

We turn the Earth into one giant MRI machine so we can image underground bases.

Danny Jones
Then we really got something pretty amazing where we can image the entire world quickly.
So we start to image his body at the molecular level.
The probe I made was the first one that could image the DNA molecules.

Houseless (2013)
Ideally, astronomers would prefer to image planets directly; that is, just take a picture of them.

Academic text (1996)
The doctor used an MRI scan to image the patient's brain for any abnormalities.
Researchers were able to image the internal organs of the frog using advanced X-ray techniques.
With the new technology, scientists can image human tissues in incredible detail, aiding in early disease detection.

Synonyms

to show

vsto image

645 1.0

To make a picture of a person or place

is used for technical scanning methods not ordinary pictures

to depict

vsto image

185 3.5

To show something in a picture or in words

leans toward scientific scan production rather than artistic description

to render

vsto image

49 6.3

To show an idea in an artistic way, for example in music, art, or translation

is focused on producing precise medical or scientific scan output not artistic work

to visualize

vsto image

Specialized

19 4.1

Make something able to be seen using tools like scanners

focus on producing medical or scientific scans rather than general visibility

to portray

vsto image

14 3.7

To show a person or thing in art like a painting

is more about scientific scanning and measurement than artistic representation

Idioms

spitting image

Informal

15 3.7

A person or thing that looks exactly like another one

Phrasal Verbs

to burnish public image

1 7.0

To make the public think better of a person or company

Compounds

body image

22 3.3

A person's thoughts and feelings about their body

mirror image

20 3.3

An image that shows left and right switched as in a mirror

mental image

9 3.8

A picture you make in your mind of something not there

graven image

Archaic

5 9.3

A statue or object that people worship instead of a god

visual image

4 3.8

A picture in your mind of something you have seen

image scanner

Specialized

2 3.5

A machine that turns a paper picture or document into a computer file

virtual image

Specialized

1 5.3

A picture a computer makes for a game or simulation

bad boy image

Informal

1 6.3

An attractive look of not following rules, often in men

memory image

1 5.3

A picture you remember from a past event

stock image

1 3.5

A photo made by professionals that people buy or use for projects

thought-image

1 7.7

An image you make in your mind when you imagine something

electronic image

Specialized

1 3.9

A picture stored on a computer as many small dots of light

image compression

Specialized

1 4.2

A way of making a photo file smaller by removing extra data so it uses less space

auditory image

Specialized

1 7.3

A sound that you imagine in your mind as if you hear it

virtual image

Specialized

1 7.0

An image seen in a mirror that cannot be projected onto a screen

memory image

Specialized

1 6.8

A complete copy of the information in a computer's active memory saved as a file

image breaker

1 9.9

A person who destroys religious pictures or statues

lily-white image

8.0

A reputation that people see as very pure and honest

mirror-image relation

Specialized

9.1

A relationship where two molecules or crystals are exact mirror reflections of each other

image orthicon

Archaic

9.9

A tube in early television cameras that makes pictures from light

soyjak image

Slang

9.9

A cartoon face that people use online to show or mock strong feelings

How Detailed

to scan

254 3.2

to photograph

245 2.1

to image

Specialized

24 6.5

to render

49 6.3

Surface Forms

image infinitive

imaged past

imaged past participle

imaging present participle

images third person singular

Etymology

Image comes from the Latin imago, meaning 'picture', and it is related to imagine ('to form a picture'), so the verb image means to make a picture of something. In medicine, to image a body part is to 'make a picture' of it with a scanner.