impression
pronunciation
How to pronounce impression in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpreʃn]
How to pronounce impression in American English:
US [ɪmˈpreʃn]
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- Noun:
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- an outward appearance
- a clear and telling mental image
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- a symbol that is the result of printing
- all the copies of a work printed at one time
- (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
- an impressionistic portrayal of a person
- the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
Word Origin
- impression (n.)
- late 14c., "mark produced by pressure," also "image produced in the mind or emotions," from Old French impression "print, stamp; a pressing on the mind," from Latin impressionem (nominative impressio) "onset, attack," figuratively "perception," literally "a pressing into," from imprimere (see impress). Meaning "act or process of indenting" is early 15c.; that of "printing of a number of copies" is from 1570s. Meaning "belief, vague notion" (as in under the impression) is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. My first impression of china was shock .
- 2. I got the impression he 'd have been quite willing .
- 3. Ransa sofa gives the impression of levitating above the books .
- 4. America 's difficult wars have added to the impression .
- 5. Malcolm clearly made his deepest impression on the american consciousness through his collaboration with alex haley .