Impression
[ɪm'preʃ(ə)n] or [ɪm'prɛʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; 'he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax'.
(noun.) an impressionistic portrayal of a person; 'he did a funny impression of a politician'.
(noun.) (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; 'the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay'.
(noun.) an outward appearance; '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'.
(noun.) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; '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'.
(noun.) all the copies of a work printed at one time; 'they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
(n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
(n.) That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
(n.) Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
(n.) An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
(n.) Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
(n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.
(n.) In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
(n.) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Printing, imprinting, stamping.[2]. Mark, stamp, impress, brand.[3]. Sensation, influence, effect.[4]. Notion, opinion, idea, fancy, indistinct recollection.[5]. Edition (of a book), number (of copies) printed at once.
Editor: Pasquale
Examples
- An idea is by its very nature weaker and fainter than an impression; but being in every other respect the same, cannot imply any very great mystery. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- My impression is that the shock inflicted on me completely suspended my thinking and feeling power. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The impression of it is strong on my memory. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Under these circumstances my first impression altered to a certain extent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Here he manoeuvred to give the impression that we were going to attack the left flank of Lee's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I feel how vivid an impression I must have produced to have been painted in such strong, such rich, such massive colours as these. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have spoken of the impression of flabbiness which this man Blessington conveyed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- His visit made no impression on me, except that I was grateful for his kindness in leaving me the money I wanted. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She meant 'facinating', but as Grace didn't know the exact meaning of either word, fastidious sounded well and made a good impression. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Very good, very good,' said the little man, observing the impression he had made. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I was certainly very far from expecting them to make so strong an impression. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He smiled, I must make on Miss Barkley the impression of a man of sufficient wealth. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- At all events Miss Havisham has that impression, and I write in obedience to it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was evident that the impression left by Mrs. Fairlie's kindness was not, as I had supposed, the only strong impression on her memory. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The want of relation in the ideas breaks the relation of the impressions, and by such a separation prevents their mutual operation and influence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Simple perceptions or impressions and ideas are such as admit of no distinction nor separation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In measuring time we cannot rely on our inward impressions; we even criticize these impressions and spe ak of time as going slowly or quickly. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Ordinarily but a few moments, if the impressions are distinct. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains! Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The double relation between the ideas and impressions subsists in both cases, and produces an easy transition from the one emotion to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The effect, then, of belief is to raise up a simple idea to an equality with our impressions, and bestow on it a like influence on the passions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- What farther proof can we desire for the double relation of impressions and ideas? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- These revived impressions succeeded each other quickly and dreamily in Lydgate's mind while the tea was being brewed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By this double relation of impressions and ideas, a transition is made from the one impression to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Senefelder, in his subsequent improvements, gave a slight relief to the letters by the original plan of using diluted aqua-fortis, by which means the impressions obtained were blacker. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Group impressions are also taken with the four fingers of each hand pressed down simultaneously. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From this relation of impressions, and identity of ideas, the passion arises, according to my hypothesis. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The reflective impressions may be divided into two kinds, viz. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Ideas always represent the Objects or impressions, from which they are derived, and can never without a fiction represent or be applied to any other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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