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first impressions

first impressions is the plural of first impression.

Meaning of first impression

Noun

first impression (plural first impressions)

  1. The event when one person first encounters another person and forms a mental image of them. ᵂᵖ
    • I obviously didn't make much of a first impression with him, because he didn't recognize me from the party two weeks ago.
  2. (of a case, issue, etc.) The state of not having been previously raised within a particular jurisdiction. ᵂᵖ
    • Because the law was just recently passed, this is a case of first impression.

Questions about first impressions

What is first impressions the plural of?
First impressions is the plural of first impression.

Words near first impressions in the dictionary

  1. First Husband
  2. First Husbands
  3. first imperative
  4. first imperatives
  5. first impression
  6. first impressions
  7. first in first out
  8. first in, best dressed
  9. first in, first out
  10. First Intermediate Period
  11. first inversion

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