An impression is an imprint, either in one’s mind or on an object. To make a good impression on your friend's parents, don't let your muddy boots leave impressions on their perfect white kitchen floor.
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.
Noun
the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
Noun
an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"
Noun
(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
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all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
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a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope"
Noun
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
n.
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.
n.
That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation;
sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
n.
That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action,
or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
n.
Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect
hence, interest, concern.
n.
An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
n.
Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
n.
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.
n.
In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in
house painting and the like.
n.
A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the
like.
Impression
The stamp and clear impression of good sense.
To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build.3.
Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air.
A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven.4.
His words impression left.
Such terrible impression made the dream.
I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before I fall into my grave, That I might see her married.5.
Which must be read with an impression.7.
Ten impressions which his books have had.8.
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.
Usage Examples
Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.
I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me.
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.
Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a lasting impression of it on my imagination.
And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of life was not only unnecessary but it was cruel.
In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can't remember strangling him. I just sat there shocked.
If music leaves any impression at all, it does so without regard to stylistic issues.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.
It is easy for Christians to have the false impression that once we have established a relationship with Christ, which we believe sets us right with God, the problems of life will somehow scoot away or they will slowly be removed from our lives.
But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression.
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them.
My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.
Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.
I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disciplined. Nothing, except that it leaves the impression of that person having lived in the confines of a stark institution which, although he or she has long since left, remains within.
For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression.
I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job.
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