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   im·pres·sion

   /imˈpreSHən/

   noun

   • 1. an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence: "his first impressions of Manchester were very positive" Similar feelingsensefancysuspicionsneaking suspicioninklingintuitionhunchapprehensionnotionideathoughtbeliefopinionconvictioninformal:funny feelinggut feelingfeeling in one's bonessixth senseopinionviewconceptionimagepictureperceptionjudgmentverdictestimation
   • ▪ an effect produced on someone: "her courtesy and quick wit had made a good impression" Similar impacteffectinfluence
   • ▪ a difference made by the action or presence of someone or something: "the floor was too dirty for the mop to make much impression"
   • 2. an imitation of a person or thing, especially one done to entertain: "he did an impression of Frank Sinatra" Similar impersonationimitationmimicryparodycaricatureburlesquetravestymockerylampoonpasticheinformal:takeoffsendupspoofrare:personation
   • ▪ a graphic or pictorial representation of someone or something: "the police have issued an artist's impression of the attacker" Similar representationportrayaldepictionrenditionrenderinginterpretationpicturedrawing
   • 3. a mark impressed on a surface by something: "the impression of his body on the leaves" Similar indentationdenthollowconcavitydepressiondipmarkoutlinestampstampingimprint
   • ▪ a negative copy of the teeth or mouth made by pressing them into a soft substance.
   • 4. the printing of a number of copies of a book, periodical, or picture for issue at one time.
   • ▪ a particular printed version of a book or other publication, especially one reprinted from existing type, plates, or film with no or only minor alteration: British "a copy of the first impression" Similar print runprintingimprintingimprintreprintissueeditionversionpublication
   • ▪ a print taken from an engraving.
   • 5. an instance of a pop-up or other online advertisement being seen on an internet user's monitor.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin impressio(n-), from impress- ‘pressed in’, from the verb imprimere (see imprint).

   Derivatives

   • 1. impressional adjective

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