Cryptic crossword clue
I am a long time getting the likeness 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IMAGE

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What does IMAGE mean?

IMAGE noun
  1. An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
  2. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
  3. A statue or idol.
  4. A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
  5. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to be, perceived by others.
  6. Something mapped to by a function.
  7. The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
  8. A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
  9. Show; appearance; cast.
IMAGE verb
  1. To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
  2. To reflect, mirror.
  3. To create an image of.
  4. To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

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