Images

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/

Definitions

1. Visual representations that can be captured through photography, painting, or digital art
2. Pictures or representations created by various methods like drawing or digital means ; mental visualizations or ideas formed in the mind
3. Depictions of subjects captured or created using artistic or electronic tools ; internal visual impressions or concepts imagined by a person

Etymology: The plural "images" is simply the plural of "image," a noun whose route into English runs through French. The Latin "imāgō" meant a copy or likeness, and it passed through Old French "image" before arriving in Middle English as "ymage." English later took a second, more learned route from the same Latin source, which is why "imago" survives as a separate word with a specialized sense. The Latin word shares a root with "imitari," meaning "to copy" or "imitate," so the idea of a likeness and the idea of copying were close neighbours from the start. That connection explains why an image was first understood as something that reproduces what it shows, long before the word came to mean a picture made by a camera, brush or screen.

Synonyms: pictures, photos, illustrations, portraits, depictions

Antonyms: reality, actuality, truth