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English noun: impression | |||
| 1. | impression (cognition) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | ||
| Samples | His impression of her was favorable. What are your feelings about the crisis?. It strengthened my belief in his sincerity. I had a feeling that she was lying. | ||
| Synonyms | belief, feeling, notion, opinion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | idea, thought | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | effect, first blush, hunch, intuition, presence, suspicion | ||
| 2. | impression (attribute) an outward appearance | ||
| Samples | He made a good impression. I wanted to create an impression of success. She retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting. | ||
| Synonyms | effect | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appearance, visual aspect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | figure, image, mark, tout ensemble | ||
| 3. | impression (cognition) a clear and telling mental image | ||
| Samples | He described his mental picture of his assailant. He had no clear picture of himself or his world. The events left a permanent impression in his mind. | ||
| Synonyms | mental picture, picture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | image, mental image | ||
| 4. | impression (shape) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | ||
| Samples | He left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud. | ||
| Synonyms | depression, imprint | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | channel, chap, crack, cranny, crease, crevice, crinkle, dent, dimple, dimple, dip, droop, fissure, furrow, groove, incision, line, prick, sag, scratch, seam, slit, wrinkle | ||
| 5. | impression (communication) a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving | ||
| Samples | He put his stamp on the envelope. | ||
| Synonyms | stamp | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | symbol | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | embossment, imprint, seal | ||
| 6. | impression (communication) all the copies of a work printed at one time | ||
| Samples | They ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies. | ||
| Synonyms | printing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | publication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | edition, mackle, proof, test copy, trial impression | ||
| Domain category | printing, printing process | ||
| 7. | impression (artifact) (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster | ||
| Samples | The dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | imprint | ||
| Domain category | dental medicine, dentistry, odontology | ||
| 8. | impression (act) an impressionistic portrayal of a person | ||
| Samples | He did a funny impression of a politician. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal | ||
| 9. | impression (act) the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another | ||
| Samples | He watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | press, pressing, pressure | ||
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