Definitions of impression [ɪmˈprɛʃ ən]

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Definition of 'impression'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) impression
a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, or senses.

2.  impression
the effect produced by an agency or influence.

3.  impression
a somewhat vague awareness:
a general impression of distant voices.

4.  impression
a mark produced by pressure.

5.  impression
an image in the mind caused by something external to it.

6.  impression
the act of impressing or the state of being impressed.

7.  impression
an imprint of the teeth or gums taken in plastic material that forms a mold in dentistry.

8.  impression
a caricatured imitation of a usu. famous person by an entertainer.

9.  impression
the process or result of printing from type, plates, an engraved block, etc.

10.  impression
one of a number of printings made at different times from the same set of type.

11.  impression
all the copies, as of a book, printed at one time from one setting of type or from one set of plates.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L impressiō; see impress¹, -ion)

Definition of 'impression'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
"his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

2. (noun) impression, effect
an outward appearance
"he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"

3. (noun) mental picture, picture, impression
a clear and telling mental image
"he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"

4. (noun) depression, impression, imprint
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

5. (noun) stamp, impression
a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
"he put his stamp on the envelope"

6. (noun) impression, printing
all the copies of a work printed at one time
"they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"

7. (noun) impression
(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
"the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"

8. (noun) impression
an impressionistic portrayal of a person
"he did a funny impression of a politician"

9. (noun) impression
the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
"he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"

Definition of 'impression'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) impression
a feeling or idea about sb or sth
I get/have the impression she doesn't need to work.; my impression of the situation

2.  impression
first impression
the way you feel about sb or sth when you first see them
Dress nicely to make a good first impression.

3.  impression
under the impression
believing sth to be true
I was under the impression the drinks were going to be free.

4.  impression
the act of pretending to be sb else by copying their voice, gestures, etc.
He does a very good impression of Michael Jackson.

5.  impression
a mark made by pressing; = imprint
an impression of her hand when she was a baby

Definition of 'impression'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) impression
the act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence

2. (noun) impression
that which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without

3. (noun) impression
that which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon

4. (noun) impression
influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern

5. (noun) impression
an indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief

6. (noun) impression
impressiveness; emphasis of delivery

7. (noun) impression
the pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time

8. (noun) impression
in painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like

9. (noun) impression
a print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like

Translation of 'impression'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the idea or effect produced in someone's mind by a person, experience etc The film made a great impression on me.
Afrikaans: indruk	Arabic: إنْطِباع	Bulgarian: впечатление
Brazilian: marca	Czech: dojem	German: der Eindruck
Danish: indtryk	Greek: εντύπωση	Spanish: impresión
Estonian: mulje	Farsi: اثر	Finnish: vaikutelma
French: impression	Hebrew: רוֹשֶם	Hindi: असर
Croatian: utisak	Hungarian: hatás	Indonesian: kesan, pengaruh
Icelandic: mótandi áhrif, hughrif	Italian: impressione	Japanese: 印象
Korean: 인상, 영향	Lithuanian: įspūdis	Latvian: iespaids
Malay: kesan	Dutch: indruk	Norwegian: inntrykk
Polish: wrażenie	Persian: اثر	Pashto: ټاپه، نښه، مهر، اثر، انطب
Portuguese: marca	Romanian: impresie	Russian: впечатление
Slovak: dojem,účinok	Slovenian: vtis	Serbian: utisak
Swedish: intryck	Thai: ความประทับใจ	Turkish: etki, tesir
Taiwanese: 印象	Ukrainian: враження	Urdu: تأثر
Vietnamese: ấn tượng	Chinese: 印象
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