impression
/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/
impression noun: the indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
Noun
impression (countable and uncountable, plural impressions)
- The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- His head made an impression on the pillow.
- The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
- He tried to make a good impression on his parents.
- Their empires, triumphs, conquests, and projects, have left little impression behind them, notwithstanding the attention they once attracted, and the violent convulsions which they caused in the state of the world.1805, Henry Kett, “Conclusion”, in Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: […] [T]he Press...
- Synonyms:
- take
- A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.
- Synonyms:
- perception
- An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another person.
- An outward appearance.
- A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
- Publishers are paid for each ad impression their site generates.2010, Dusty Reagan, Twitter Application Development For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 329
- The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
- The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
- Let us, therefore, use a little freedom, and call them Impressions; employing that word in a sense somewhat different from the usual. By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. And impressions are...1748, David Hume, “Of the Origin of Ideas”, in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
Verb
impression (third-person singular simple present impressions, present participle impressioning, simple past and past participle impressioned)
- 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.
- The trick in impressioning a key is to remove only a small amount of the blank, by filing or cutting, from the pin positions where impressions have been left.2007, Graham Pulford, High-Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference, page 55
impression meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
impression in Hindi
- overall effect of something
- प्रभाव prabhāv, असर asar
impression in Tamil
- மனமாதிரி, ஒருமாதிரி, தாக்கம், எண்ணம், கருத்து, அபிப்பிராயம்
impression in Marathi
- impression
- आकार ākār
impression in Urdu
- overall effect of something
- اَثَر asar, تاثِیر tāsīr
More languagesFewer languages
- impression in Bengali
- প্রভাব probhab, আসর aśor
- impression in Telugu
- నొక్కు nokku, సంస్కారము saṁskāramu
- impression in Malayalam
- മതിപ്പ്, മുദ്ര
- impression in Kannada
- ಅಚ್ಚು accu
- impression in Punjabi
- خیال xyāl, ਖਿਆਲ khiāla, ਖ਼ਿਆਲ xiāla, ਅਸਰ asar
- impression in Gujarati
- છાપ chāp
- impression in Odia
- ଛାପା chāpā
- impression in Sanskrit
- संस्कार saṃskāra, निवेश niveśa
- impression in Pashto
- اثر asar, انطباع entebā', تاثير tāsīr
- impression in Arabic
- اِنْطِبَاع inṭibāʕ, أَثَر ʔaṯar, تَأْثِير taʔṯīr, تَقْلِيد taqlīd
- impression in Malay
- bekas, bekasan, kesan, dampak
- impression in Indonesian
- impresi, kesan
- impression in Thai
- ความประทับใจ kwaam-bprà-táp-jai
- impression in Vietnamese
- ấn tượng
- impression in Myanmar
- ရိုက်ချက် ruikhkyak, အထင်အမြင် a.htang-a.mrang, သဘော sa.bhau:
Examples of impression in a sentence
- By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions.
- That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.
- We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.
Synonyms of impression
Forms of impression
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | impressions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | impressions |
| present participle | impressioning |
| past participle | impressioned |
| past | impressioned |
Origin of impression
From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.
Words formed from impression
- afterimpression
- after-impression
- artist's impression
- finger 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
Phrases with impression
Words that rhyme with impression
- freshen
- expression
- possession
- session
- depression
- confession
- recession
- compression
- profession
- obsession
- cession
- oppression
8 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about impression
- What does impression mean?
- Impression means the indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- What is impression in Hindi?
- Impression in Hindi is प्रभाव (prabhāv), असर (asar). See Impression meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impression?
- Impression can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce impression?
- Impression is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/.
- What is the plural of impression?
- The plural of impression is impressions.
Words near impression in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impression (page history and authors); impression (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); నొక్కు (Telugu) (page history and authors); impression (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಅಚ್ಚು (Kannada) (page history and authors); خیال (Punjabi) (page history and authors); છાપ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଛାପା (Odia) (page history and authors); निवेश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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