Definitions for impress
ɪmˈprɛs; ˈɪm prɛsim·press

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. impress, impressment(verb)

   the act of coercing someone into government service

2. affect, impress, move, strike(verb)

   have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

   "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

3. impress(verb)

   impress positively

   "The young chess player impressed her audience"

4. impress, ingrain, instill(verb)

   produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

   "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

5. impress, imprint(verb)

   mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

   "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"

6. print, impress(verb)

   reproduce by printing

7. shanghai, impress(verb)

   take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

   "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

8. impress, yarn-dye(verb)

   dye (fabric) before it is spun

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. impress(Noun)

   The act of impressing

2. impress(Noun)

   An impression, and impressed image or copy of something

3. impress(Noun)

   A stamp or seal used to make an impression

4. impress(Noun)

   An impression on the mind, imagination etc.

5. impress(Verb)

   To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably

   You impressed me with your command of Urdu.

6. impress(Verb)

   To produce a vivid impression of (something)

   That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.

7. impress(Verb)

   To mark or stamp (something) using pressure

   We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.

8. impress(Verb)

   To compel (someone) to serve in a military force

   The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.

9. impress(Verb)

   To seize or confiscate (property) by force

   The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.

10. impress(Verb)

    To make an impression, to be impressive

    Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Impress(verb)

   to press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression)

2. Impress(verb)

   to produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something)

3. Impress(verb)

   fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate

4. Impress(noun)

   to take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money

5. Impress(verb)

   to be impressed; to rest

6. Impress(noun)

   the act of impressing or making

7. Impress(noun)

   a mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence

8. Impress(noun)

   characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp

9. Impress(noun)

   a device. See Impresa

10. Impress(noun)

    the act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed

Origin: [See Imprest, Press to force into service.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Impress

   im-pres′, v.t. to press upon: to mark by pressure: to produce by pressure: to stamp: to fix deeply in the mind.—ns. Im′press, that which is made by pressure: stamp: likeness; Impressibil′ity.—adj. Impress′ible, susceptible.—n. Impress′ibleness.—adv. Impress′ibly.—ns. Impress′ion, the act or result of impressing: a single edition of a book: the effect of any object on the mind: idea: slight remembrance; Impressionabil′ity.—adj. Impress′ionable, able to receive an impression.—ns. Impress′ionism, a modern movement in art and literature, originating in France, its aim being to cast off the trammels of artistic tradition, and to look at nature in a fresh and original manner—it employs general effects, vigorous touches, and deals in masses of form and colour; Impress′ionist.—adv. Impressionis′tic.—adj. Impress′ive, capable of making an impression on the mind: solemn.—adv. Impress′ively—ns. Impress′iveness; Impress′ure (Shak.), impression.

2. Impress

   im-pres′, v.t. to force into service, esp. the public service.—n. Im′press. [An altered spelling of imprest.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'impress' in Verbs Frequency: #843

Anagrams for impress »

1. premiss

2. simpers

3. mispers

4. permiss

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of impress in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of impress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of impress in a Sentence

1. John Caulfield:

   This is a place that was built to impress.

2. Cat Ellington:

   I'll admit that I am a woman who is very hard to impress.

3. Vikrant Parsai:

   Those who are trying to impress others must puff themselves up.

4. Steven Leung:

   Investors liquidated their positions as the GDP data failed to impress.

5. William Hazlitt:

   To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

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