Imprint Meaning
/ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
nounAn impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.
Sentence Examples
It's a white oval pill with the imprint M 357.
Ziri saw the imprint of a large animal lying in the snow.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To mark all the products, the company will ____ the logo onto each box.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heavy boots left a very clear and distinct ____ in the damp soil of the garden path.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimereder. Old French empreindre Old French empreinteder. English imprint From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was the moment everyone knew the Champions League trophy was on its way back to the Bernabéu and, once again, that the four-times Ballon d’Or winner had left his imprint on another final."
— 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juve”, in The Guardian (London):
"From their Belmont Avenue address they issued such memorable titles as I Peddle Jazz, Camera Bait, Our Flesh Was Cheap, Lesbian Twins, and His Sex, His Problem under at least four different imprints—Saber, Fabian, Vega, and National Library Books."
— 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 19:
"For though a Child quickly aſſent to this Propoſition, That an Apple is not Fire; when, by familiar Acquaintance, he has got the Idea's of thoſe two different things diſtinctly imprinted on his Mind, and has learnt that the names Apple and Fire ſtand for them; yet it will be ſome years after, perhaps, before the ſame Child will aſſent to this Propoſition, That it is impoſſible for the ſame thing to be, and not to be."
— 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “No Innate Principles in the Mind”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, § 23, page 12:
"Him great in peace and wealth fair Deva knows; / For ſhe amidſt his ſpacious meadows flows; / Inclines her urn upon his fatten'd lands; / And ſees his num'rous herd imprint her ſands."
— 1709, Matthew Prior, “Henry and Emma. […]”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC, page 259:
"Nature imprints upon whate'er we ſee / That has a heart and life in it, be free; [...]"
— 1782, William Cowper, “Charity”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 189:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To mark all the products, the company will ____ the logo onto each box.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heavy boots left a very clear and distinct ____ in the damp soil of the garden path.