impression en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōder. Old French impressionder. English impression From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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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(countable, uncountable) The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
He tried to make a good impression on his parents.
Their empires, triumphs, conquests, and projects, have left little impression behind them, notwithstanding the attention they once attracted, and the violent convulsions which they caused in the state of the world.
1805, Henry Kett, “Conclusion”, in Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: […] [T]he Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, […], and J. A. Cummings, […], pages 387–388:Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x:The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.
- (countable, uncountable) An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another person.
- (countable, uncountable) An outward appearance.
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(Internet, countable, uncountable) A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
Publishers are paid for each ad impression their site generates.
2010, Dusty Reagan, Twitter Application Development For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 329:
- (countable, qualifier:painting, uncountable) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- (countable, uncountable) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
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(countable, uncountable) 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 distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions, of which we are conscious, when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned.
1748, David Hume, “Of the Origin of Ideas”, in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding:
- (countable, uncountable) set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
Forms
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Deriveds
make an impression · impressioner · present sense impression · impressional · impressionist · impressive · unimpression · artist's impression · under the impression · trial impression · afterimpression · impressionless · impressionism · sulfur impression · impressionistic · maternal impression · first impression · reimpression · impressionability · misimpression · after-impression · impressionable · sulphur impression · finger impression
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (179)
fa-ira تَأْثیر (overall effect of something) · fi painauma (indentation or depression made by pressure) · pl imitacja (impersonation) · ky таасир (overall effect of something) · sv intryck (overall effect of something) · fi vaikutelma (vague recalling) · it impressione (outward appearance) · mn сэтгэгдэл (overall effect of something) · fa-ira اَثَر (overall effect of something) · cmn 外貌 (outward appearance) · da indtryk (overall effect of something) · my အထင်အမြင် (overall effect of something) · nb inntrykk (overall effect of something) · ca impressió (overall effect of something) · rsk вражинє (overall effect of something) · tk täsir (overall effect of something) · ro impresie (overall effect of something) · cy argraff (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ms bekas (indentation or depression made by pressure) · it apparenza (outward appearance) · lt įspūdis (overall effect of something) · mk отпечаток (indentation or depression made by pressure) · is hughrif (overall effect of something) · rsk упечаток (overall effect of something) · es impresión (overall effect of something) · ms tanggapan (outward appearance) · sv avtryck (indentation or depression made by pressure) · id impresi (overall effect of something) · sl vtis (overall effect of something) · hi प्रभाव (overall effect of something) · grc περιγραφή (indentation or depression made by pressure) · cy argraff (outward appearance) · fr impression (overall effect of something) · ar أَثَر (overall effect of something) · ka ანაბეჭდი (indentation or depression made by pressure) · nl indruk (outward appearance) · tg асар (overall effect of something) · cs dojem (overall effect of something) · sh до́јам (overall effect of something) · mi hāraunga (indentation or depression made by pressure) · he רושם (overall effect of something) · es sensación (overall effect of something) · ro imprimare (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ru впечатле́ние (overall effect of something) · th ความประทับใจ (overall effect of something) · pl wrażenie (overall effect of something) · es impronta (overall effect of something) · pt impressão (overall effect of something) · pt impressão (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ms sangkaan (vague recalling) · ug تەسىرات (overall effect of something) · ja 印象 (overall effect of something) · nl voorkomen (outward appearance) · az təəssürat (overall effect of something) · fi näyttö (advertising performance metric) · my သဘော (overall effect of something) · ar تَأْثِير (overall effect of something) · ro impresie (outward appearance) · scn mpronta (indentation or depression made by pressure) · uk вра́ження (overall effect of something) · nl deuk (indentation or depression made by pressure) · kk әсер (overall effect of something) · rsk импресия (overall effect of something) · sq përshtypje (overall effect of something) · fi kuoppa (indentation or depression made by pressure) · fi vaikutus (overall effect of something) · tr intiba (overall effect of something) · bg въ́ншен вид (outward appearance) · bg впечатле́ние (overall effect of something) · az təsir (overall effect of something) · nl verbeelding (impersonation) · mt impressjoni (overall effect of something) · mk впечаток (overall effect of something) · is áhrif (overall effect of something) · hy տպավորություն (overall effect of something) · scn mprissioni (overall effect of something) · ar اِنْطِبَاع (overall effect of something) · fa-ira اِحْساس (overall effect of something) · pl wrażenie (outward appearance) · vi ấn tượng (overall effect of something) · ru отпеча́ток (indentation or depression made by pressure) · tg интибоъ (overall effect of something) · lv iespaids (overall effect of something) · uk відби́ток (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ko 인상 (overall effect of something) · it depressione (indentation or depression made by pressure) · cmn 模仿 (impersonation) · it impronta (indentation or depression made by pressure) · tt тәэсир (overall effect of something) · ro aparență (outward appearance) · cy argraff (overall effect of something) · be уража́нне (overall effect of something) · hi असर (overall effect of something) · uz asar (overall effect of something) · he חִקּוּי (impersonation) · id impresi (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ps انطباع (overall effect of something) · nl impressie (impersonation) · ms bekasan (indentation or depression made by pressure) · fi mielikuva (vague recalling) · be адбі́так (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ka განცდა (overall effect of something) · scn stampa (indentation or depression made by pressure) · id kesan (overall effect of something) · scn mprissiuni (overall effect of something) · it impressione (overall effect of something) · fi imitointi (impersonation) · be уража́ньне (overall effect of something) · fi jälki (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ps تاثير (overall effect of something) · sh у̀тисак (overall effect of something) · he רֹשֶׁם (overall effect of something) · nl impressie (overall effect of something) · km ការចាប់អារម្មណ៍ (overall effect of something) · ps اثر (overall effect of something) · tk neşir (overall effect of something) · ms dampak (overall effect of something) · fi pohjamaalaus (painting: first coat of colour) · ms kesan (overall effect of something) · ur اَثَر (overall effect of something) · eo impreso (overall effect of something) · et mulje (overall effect of something) · cmn 印象 (overall effect of something) · ms peniruan (impersonation) · it opinione (overall effect of something) · de Eindruck (overall effect of something) · bn আসর (overall effect of something) · my ရိုက်ချက် (indentation or depression made by pressure) · fi vedos (engraving: print — see also print) · ur تاثِیر (overall effect of something) · fa-ira اِنْطِبَاع (overall effect of something) · de Abdruck (indentation or depression made by pressure) · kmr tesîr (overall effect of something) · pl impresja (vague recalling) · uz taassurot (overall effect of something) · fi vaikutelma (overall effect of something) · bn প্রভাব (overall effect of something) · tg таассурот (overall effect of something) · fi matkiminen (impersonation) · cmn 印記 /印记 (indentation or depression made by pressure) · sl odtis (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ms kesan (indentation or depression made by pressure) · sk dojem (overall effect of something) · tg таъсир (overall effect of something) · ga imprisean (overall effect of something) · sh dójam (overall effect of something) · pt imitação (impersonation) · ar تَقْلِيد (impersonation) · lo ຄວາມປະທັບໃຈ (overall effect of something) · tr izlenim (overall effect of something) · hu benyomás (overall effect of something) · es sentar (overall effect of something) · yue 印象 (overall effect of something) · pt impressão (outward appearance) · sh ùtisak (overall effect of something) · fi aistimus (philosophy: vivid perception of something as it is experienced) · bg отпеча́тък (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ug تەسىر (overall effect of something) · km អារម្មណ៍ (overall effect of something) · tr tesir (overall effect of something) · tg эҳсос (overall effect of something) · hu benyomat (indentation or depression made by pressure) · nl indruk (indentation or depression made by pressure) · ms anggapan (vague recalling) · de Einblendung (advertising performance metric) · el εντύπωση (overall effect of something) · cy argraffiad (indentation or depression made by pressure) · nl uitbeelding (impersonation) · nn inntrykk (overall effect of something) · de Werbeeinblendung (advertising performance metric) · pl odcisk (indentation or depression made by pressure) · de Impression (overall effect of something) · ka შთაბეჭდილება (overall effect of something) · fi vaikutelma (outward appearance) · yue 樣 /样 (outward appearance) · it imitazione (impersonation) · nl indruk (overall effect of something) · fi mainosnäyttö (advertising performance metric) · fi käsitys (vague recalling)