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- Dictionaryimpressed/imˈprest/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing admiration or respect for someone or something: "I was very impressed with the results"
- 2. (of a mark) applied to something using pressure: "the saddle was handsomely decorated with an impressed design of leaves and flowers"
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Learn the various meanings and uses of the word impress as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and etymology. Find out how to impress someone with your actions, words, or appearance.
Impressed is the past tense and past participle of impress, which means to cause someone to admire or respect you. Learn how to use impressed in sentences with different meanings and contexts from the Cambridge English Corpus.
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verb [ I or T, not continuous ] uk / ɪmˈpres / us / ɪmˈpres / B2. to cause someone to admire or respect you: be impressed with I remember when I was a child being very impressed with how many toys she had. be impressed by Your mother was clearly not impressed by our behaviour in the restaurant.
To be impressed, something has to leave an impression on you — it has to be special or unusually good or particularly emotional enough that you remember it or it stands out.
Learn the meaning of impressed as an adjective, with synonyms and example sentences. Impressed means having had an impression made on oneself, experiencing a strong, lasting, or favourable effect.
Learn the meaning and usage of the word impressed, which can be a verb or an adjective. Find out how to impress someone or something, and see examples and translations in different languages.
