Definitions for impression

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impression im·pres·sion

Spelling: [im-presh-uh n]

IPA: /ɪmˈprɛʃ ən/

Impression is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 612 anagrams from letters in impression (eiimnoprss).

Definitions for impression

noun

1. a strong effect produced on the intellect, feelings, conscience, etc.
2. the first and immediate effect of an experience or perception upon the mind; sensation.
3. the effect produced by an agency or influence.
4. a notion, remembrance, belief, etc., often of a vague or indistinct nature:
5. a mark, indentation, figure, etc., produced by pressure.
6. an image in the mind caused by something external to it.
7. the act of impressing; state of being impressed.
8. Dentistry. a mold taken, in plastic materials or plaster of Paris, of teeth and the surrounding tissues.
9. an imitation of the voice, mannerisms, and other traits of a person, especially a famous person, as by an entertainer:
10. Chiefly Printing. the process or result of printing from type, plates, etc. a printed copy from type, a plate, an engraved block, etc. one of a number of printings made at different times from the same set of type, without alteration (distinguished from edition). the total number of copies of a book, pamphlet, etc., printed at one time from one setting of type or from one set of plates.
11. Metalworking. a portion of a die having in reverse the intended form of an object to be forged.

Origin of impression

1325-75; Middle English impressio(u)n Latin impressiōn- (stem of impressiō), equivalent to impress(us) (see impress¹) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for impression

This is, at least, the impression left on us by an anecdote told by Elwin.

They also give the impression that you have a neatly organized life.

And then I met him before I started doing the impression of him when he was a guest on SNL for a moment.

“I found him to to be an interesting person,” Krauss said of the first impression.

Just at the outset, the act of seeing made not the least impression on her numbed brain.

“I have not gotten the impression that they have their minds made up or they are not open to new information,” Stammberger said.

There will be time enough for the impression to be made after you are married.

Of this, there is an impression on my mind too strong to admit of doubt.

But he told me recently that Malia would do my impression of him to him.

Its calmness gave the impression of a wisdom behind it that had no existence.