impression
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impression
- /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/
Rhymes with -ɛʃən
Where it comes from
From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.
noun impressions
- The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. His head made an impression on the pillow.
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The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
He tried to make a good impression on his parents.
Similar: take
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A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.
Similar: perception
- An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another person.
- An outward appearance.
- A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once. Publishers are paid for each ad impression their site generates.
- The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
- The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination. Let us, therefore, use a little freedom, and call them Impressions; employing that word in a sense somewhat different from the usual. By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. And impressions are disting
- set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
verb impressions · impressioning · impressioned
- To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key. The trick in impressioning a key is to remove only a small amount of the blank, by filing or cutting, from the pin positions where impressions have been left.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: imprint, picture, printing, effect, notion, stamp, feeling, belief, depression, mental picture, handprint, print-out, printer, fingerprint, printout, image
Translations
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noun indentation or depression made by pressure
| 中文 | 印記 /印记 yìnjì |
|---|---|
| Português | impressão |
| Deutsch | Abdruck |
| Italiano | depressione, impronta |
| Română | imprimare |
| Русский | отпеча́ток otpečátok |
noun overall effect of something
| Español | impresión, sensación, impronta, sentar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 인상 insang |
| 日本語 | 印象 inshō |
| 中文 | 印象 yìnxiàng |
| हिन्दी | प्रभाव prabhāv, असर asar |
| Português | impressão |
| Français | impression |
| Deutsch | Eindruck, Impression |
| Italiano | impressione, opinione |
| Ελληνικά | εντύπωση entýposi |
| Română | impresie |
| Русский | впечатле́ние vpečatlénije |
| Tiếng Việt | ấn tượng |
| العربية | اِنْطِبَاع inṭibāʕ, أَثَر ʔaṯar, تَأْثِير taʔṯīr |
| עברית | רושם, רֹשֶׁם róshem |
noun impersonation
| 中文 | 模仿 mófǎng |
|---|---|
| Português | imitação |
| Italiano | imitazione |
| العربية | تَقْلِيد taqlīd |
| עברית | חִקּוּי ẖiqqúy |
noun outward appearance
| 中文 | 外貌 wàimào |
|---|---|
| Português | impressão |
| Italiano | impressione, apparenza |
| Română | impresie, aparență |
noun advertising performance metric
| Deutsch | Werbeeinblendung, Einblendung |
|---|
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