impression
See also: Impression
English
Etymology
From Old French impression, from Latin impressio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɹɛʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʃən
Noun
impression (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.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
- What is your impression of Beatles' music?
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- A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.
- An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
- An outward appearance.
- (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown once.
- (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
- (philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
- 1740, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding:
- Let us... call them Impressions... I mean all our more lively perceptions when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will.
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Translations
indentation or depression made by pressure
overall effect of something
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impersonation
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outward appearance
metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/, /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
impression f (plural impressions)
- an impression, the overall effect of something.
- the indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on another.
- a print, print-out
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “impression” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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