English Explanatory Dictionary

impression

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
  2. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
  3. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
  4. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
  5. An outward appearance.
  6. A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
  7. The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
  8. A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
  9. The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
  10. set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
verb
  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.

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/ en-us-impression.ogg

Word forms

impression impressions impressioning impressioned

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.

Synonyms

take

Related words

impress impressive

Derived words

afterimpression after-impression artist's impression first impression impressionability impressionable impressional impressioner impressionism impressionist impressionistic impressionless impressive make an impression maternal impression misimpression present sense impression reimpression sulfur impression sulphur impression trial impression under the impression unimpression
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