What does impression mean?
Definitions for impression
ɪmˈprɛʃ ənim·pres·sion
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word impression.
Princeton's WordNet
impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinionnoun
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"
impression, effectnoun
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"
mental picture, picture, impressionnoun
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"
depression, impression, imprintnoun
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
stamp, impressionnoun
a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
"he put his stamp on the envelope"
impression, printingnoun
all the copies of a work printed at one time
"they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
impressionnoun
(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
"the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
impressionnoun
an impressionistic portrayal of a person
"he did a funny impression of a politician"
impressionnoun
the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
"he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
Wiktionary
impressionnoun
The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
His head made an impression on the pillow.
Etymology: From impression, from impressio.
impressionnoun
The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
What is your impression of Beatles' music?
Etymology: From impression, from impressio.
impressionnoun
A vague recalling of an event, a belief
I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.
Etymology: From impression, from impressio.
impressionnoun
An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual
Etymology: From impression, from impressio.
impressionnoun
An outward appearance
Etymology: From impression, from impressio.
impressionnoun
An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once
Etymology: From impression, from impressio.
Webster Dictionary
Impressionnoun
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
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
that which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
that which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
an indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
impressiveness; emphasis of delivery
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
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
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
in painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Impressionnoun
a print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like
Etymology: [F. impression, L. impressio.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
impression
The effect produced upon any ship, place, or body of troops, by a hostile attack.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
impression
The effect of an attack upon any place or body of soldiers.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'impression' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2504
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'impression' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2212
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'impression' in Nouns Frequency: #929
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of impression in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of impression in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of impression in a Sentence
This study will, I hope, help to eliminate the incorrect impression ... that some meat products are as carcinogenic as cigarette smoke, and to discourage dramatic media headlines claiming that 'bacon is killing us'.
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life and that's a very big part of who I am. I don't get that impression with him, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't get that.
He asked if the ballots could be matched back to the voters, and then he, I got the sense it implied that then you could throw those out for any, if you look at the counties with the highest frequent error of signatures. So that's the impression that I got.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:
If we would create ... an impression that 'just come because we are ready to accept everybody', that would be a moral failure. The moral, human thing is to make clear: Please don't come, turkey is a safe country. Stay there. It's risky to come. It's better for the family, for the kids, for yourself to stay.
I remember when I first started acting, sort of 16 or 17, I think a lot of actors have their James Dean phase where every audition, no matter what the part is, they come in and do a James Dean impression. I definitely had one of those.
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Translations for impression
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- انطباعArabic
- dojemCzech
- EindruckGerman
- احساسPersian
- painauma, mainosnäyttö, vaikutelma, vaikutusFinnish
- impressionFrench
- benyomásHungarian
- kesanIndonesian
- imitazione, opinione, apparenza, impressione, impronta, depressioneItalian
- 印象Japanese
- impressioLatin
- haraungaMāori
- inntrykkNorwegian
- indruk, impressie, uitbeelding, deuk, voorkomen, verbeeldingDutch
- inntrykkNorwegian Nynorsk
- odcisk, wrażeniePolish
- imitação, impressãoPortuguese
- impresie, aparențăRomanian
- отпечаток, впечатлениеRussian
- odtis, vtisSlovene
- intryckSwedish
- உணர்வைTamil
- ความประทับใจThai
- ấn tượngVietnamese
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