impression

CEFRB1

/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/

noun

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noun
An opinion or feeling formed about something.
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noun
Extra detail
A vague recalling of an event, a belief.

Examples

I didn't mean to give you that impression.
Mr. Satoyama's work made a big impression in the world of haiku.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 1

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noun

Extra meanings

The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another person.

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In context

My first impression of him was favourable.
He tried to make a good impression on his parents.
His head made an impression on the pillow.

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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...
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
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.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.
2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x
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 distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions, of which we are conscious, when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned.
1748, David Hume, “Of the Origin of Ideas”, in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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Origin

noun

From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.

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noun

At the job interview, her confident attitude left a strong blank on the hiring manager.