impression

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

impressions

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

impression

past (v2)

impressioned

past participle (v3)

impressioned

present participle

impressioning

3rd person singular

impressions

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.

   • His head made an impression on the pillow.

2. 2.The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.

   • He tried to make a good impression on his parents.
   • 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.
   • 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.

3. 3.A vague recalling of an event, a belief.

   • I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.

4. 4.An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another person.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.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.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• belief
• notion
• opinion

Word family

• impress