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Impression

Impression Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Impression?
[n] the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
[n] an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" [n] (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist made an impression for use in preparing an inlay" [n] an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" [n] a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" [n] a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" [n] all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" [n] a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope" [n] a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" Synonyms | Synonyms for Impression: belief | depression | effect | feeling | imprint | mental picture | notion | opinion | picture | printing | stamp Related Terms | Find terms related to Impression: absorption and regurgitation | aesthetic form | affect | affection | alveolation | alveolus | angle | apprehension | aquatint | archetype | aroma | art form | aspect | assumption | attitude | attribute | autolithograph | awareness | back number | backlash | backwash | badge | bare suggestion | belief | block | block print | boss | brainwashing | brand | build | bump | cachet | cameo | cast | catalog | cataloging | catechization | character | character sketch | characteristic | characterization | chromolithograph | climate of opinion | clout | collection | colophon | color print | common belief | community sentiment | concavity | conceit | concept | conception | conclusion | conditioning | configuration | conformation | consciousness | consensus gentium | consideration | contact print | convexity | copperplate | copperplate print | copy | copying | counterfeiting | crayon engraving | cut | dactylogram | dactylograph | delineation | dent | depiction | depression | description | details | dictation | differentia | differential | dimple | dint | distinctive feature | Ditto copy | earmark | edition | effect | eidolon | embossment | emotion | emotional charge | emotional shade | emulation | engravement | engraving | enlargement | estimate | estimation | etching | ethos | evocation | excrescence | experience | eye | facet | fakery | fancy | fashion | feature | feeling | feeling tone | figuration | figure | fingerprint | flavor | following | footmark | footprint | footstep | force | foreboding | forefeeling | forgery | form | format | formation | fossil footprint | frame | funny feeling | furrow | general belief | genre | gestalt | gouge | graphic account | graphotype | guise | 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memory-trace | mental image | mental impression | mere notion | mezzotint | mimeograph copy | mimesis | mind | mirroring | modality | mode | model | mold | mystique | nature | negative | notch | notion | number | observation | odor | offcut | offprint | offset | onomatopoeia | opinion | pad | parody | particularity | particularization | passion | pattern | paw print | pawmark | peculiarity | perception | personal judgment | phase | phasis | photocopy | photograph | Photostat | photostatic copy | picture | pimple | pit | plagiarism | plagiary | Platonic form | Platonic idea | pock | pockmark | point of view | popular belief | portrait | portraiture | portrayal | position | positive | posture | preapprehension | premonition | presentiment | presumption | prevailing belief | print | printing | profile | profound sense | proof | property | prototype | public belief | public opinion | pug | pugmark | quality | quirk | reaction | recept | recoil | reference | reflection | reflex | regard | reindoctrination | reissue | rendering | rendition | repercussion | repetition | representation | reprint | reprinting | respect | response | responsive | rubber-block print | run | satire | savor | school edition | seal | seeming | semblance | sensation | sense | sensible | sensile | sensitive | sentiment | series | set | setoff | shape | side | sight | sigil | sign | signet | significant form | simulacrum | simulation | singularity | sketch | slant | smack | sneaking suspicion | specialty | specification | stamp | stance | stat | step | structure | stud | style | suggestion | sunken part | supposition | susceptible | susceptive | suspicion | taint | takeoff | take-off | tang | taste | theory | thinking | thought | thumbmark | thumbprint | token | total effect | trace | track | trade book | trade edition | trait | trick | turn | twist | type | undercurrent | vague feeling | vague idea | vestige | view | viewpoint | vignette | vivid description | volume | way of thinking | wise | wood engraving | woodblock | woodcut | woodprint | word painting | Xerox | Xerox copy | xylograph See Also | appearance | channel | chap | characterization | concave shape | concavity | crack | cranny | crease | crevice | crinkle | dent | dimple | dip | droop | edition | effect | embossment | enactment | figure | fissure | furrow | groove | hunch | idea | image | imprint | imprint | incision | incurvation | incurvature | intuition | line | mackle | mark | mental image | personation | portrayal | presence | press | pressing | pressure | prick | proof | publication | revenue stamp | sag | scratch | seal | seam | slit | suspicion | symbol | test copy | thought | tout ensemble | visual aspect | wrinkle Impression In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pres"sion\, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.]
1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed;
the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character,
by external force or by influence.
2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation;
sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
The stamp and clear impression of good sense.
--Cowper.
To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must
spin, we must weave, we must build. --Barrow.
3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or
agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.]
Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the
air. --Milton.
A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven.
--Holland.
4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence,
interest, concern. --Reid.
His words impression left. --Milton.
Such terrible impression made the dream. --Shak.
I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before
I fall into my grave, That I might see her married.
--Ford.
5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
Which must be read with an impression. --Milton.
7. (Print.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the
result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a
heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a
single copy as the result of printing, or the whole
edition printed at a given time.
Ten impressions which his books have had. --Dryden.
8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in
house painting and the like. [R.]
9. (Engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal
plate, or the like.
{Proof impression}, one of the early impressions taken from
an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.
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