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Another word for impression

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Noun

  1. The strong effect exerted by one person or thing on another

      1. A recoil, rebounding, or reciprocal motion after impact.
      2. A reflection, especially of sound.
      3. An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.
      1. A person, group, or thing that has influence
      2. A person who exerts such power:
      3. The action or effect of such power
      1. The effect or impression of one person or thing on another:
      2. The power of an event, idea, etc. to produce changes, move the feelings, etc.
      3. The force of a collision; shock
      1. The intensity of power; impetus
      2. The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power:
      3. The power to control, persuade, influence, etc.; effectiveness
    See also:

    affect

  2. The character projected or given by someone to the public

      1. A figure of speech; esp., a metaphor or simile
      2. A vivid description or representation in words, especially a metaphor or simile:
      3. The concept or character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media:
      1. The act or an instance of coming into sight.
      2. The act or an instance of coming into public view:
      3. Outward aspect:
    See also:

    surface

  3. Intuitive cognition

      1. The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing:
      2. The state or feeling of having no confidence or certainty about something; distrust:
      3. The act or an instance of suspecting something on little or no evidence:
      1. The direct knowing or learning of something without the conscious use of reasoning; immediate understanding
      2. Something known or learned in this way
      1. The gist or significance:
      2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
      3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:
      1. A push or shove.
      2. A guess or feeling not based on known facts; premonition or suspicion
      3. An intuitive feeling or a premonition:
      1. The emotions thought to be conveyed or intended by a work of art:
      2. The sense of touch:
      3. Appreciative regard or understanding:
    See also:

    thoughts

  4. The visible effect made on a surface by pressure

      1. A small piece of paper, distinctively imprinted on the face and usually gummed on the back, issued by a government for a specified price and required to be affixed to a letter, parcel, document, commodity subject to duty, etc. as evidence that the prescribed fee, as for carrying mail, has been paid
      2. An official mark, design, or seal that indicates ownership, approval, completion, or the payment of a tax.
      3. Any piece of paper similar to a stamp, issued by an organization, business firm, etc.
      1. A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure:
      2. Text, lettering, or other marks produced in ink from type as by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer:
      3. The pattern itself:
      1. A point reached or gained:
      2. A number, letter, or symbol used to indicate various grades of academic achievement:
      3. A Plimsoll mark.
      1. A notch, cut, or inlet on a coastline, etc.
      2. An empty or blank space preceding an indent
      3. The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
      1. A starting point some number of spaces away from the margin; indentation
      2. (Brit., Business) An order form used in foreign trade and usually drawn up in duplicate or triplicate
      3. (Chiefly British) An official requisition or purchase order for goods.
      1. A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.
      2. A publishing business with a unique name, usually owned by a larger publishing firm:
      3. A mark or pattern produced by imprinting; an impression.
      1. A distinctive quality or effect produced by some strong influence
      2. A stamp or seal meant to be impressed.
      3. Any mark, imprint, etc. made by pressure; stamp; impression
    See also:

    marks

  5. The entire number of copies of a publication printed from a single typesetting

      1. The art of a printer
      2. (Uncountable) Material that has been printed.
      3. The art, process, or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or by similar means.
    See also:

    words

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Another word for impression

Noun

  1. An imprint

      1. (Printing) A metal mold for casting the face of type
      2. A papier-mâché, plaster, or similar impression of type, etc., from which a plate can be made, as in stereotypy
      3. (Printing) A mold used in stereotyping and designed to receive positive impressions of type or illustrations from which metal plates can be cast.
      1. A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group:
      2. An arrangement of form; disposition of parts or elements; design
      3. A consistent, characteristic form, style, or method, as:
      1. The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
      2. The track or trail of an animal or person.
      3. The footprints or other signs left by an animal or person, considered as a group:
      1. A distinct selection from an audio or video recording, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work:
      2. (Slang) Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use.
      3. (Computers) One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk.
      1. Manners or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom:
      2. Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training:
      3. Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in verbal or musical composition:
      1. The form or direction in which a thing is cast
      2. The form in which something is made or constructed; arrangement:
      3. A plaster form for immobilizing a broken arm, leg, etc.
      1. (Naut.) One of the knots or bits of leather or colored cloth placed at irregular intervals on a lead line to indicate depths in fathoms
      2. A cross or other sign made on a document as a substitute for a signature by a person unable to write
      3. A specific model, type, or iteration, as of a product or machine, especially when part of a series. Usually used with a number:
      1. A mark or pattern of influence produced by someone or something; an impression:
      2. A distinctive quality or effect produced by some strong influence
      3. Any mark, imprint, etc. made by pressure; stamp; impression
      1. (Psychol.) An emotional condition, either neurotic or psychotic, characterized by feelings of hopelessness, inadequacy, etc.
      2. A mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness or inability to experience pleasure combined with other symptoms including poor concentration, indecisiveness, sleep problems, changes in appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness.
      3. (Econ.) A period or condition marked by slackening of business activity, widespread unemployment, falling prices and wages, etc.
      1. An empty or blank space preceding an indent
      2. A result of indenting
      3. The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
      1. General shape or form:
      2. A pattern, hollow form, or matrix for giving a certain shape to something in a plastic or molten state
      3. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
      1. A depression in a surface made by pressure or a blow:
      2. An appreciable effect, often a lessening or adverse effect
      3. (Informal) Meaningful progress; headway:
      1. Any characteristic or set of characteristics that distinguishes or unambiguously identifies a person or thing; signature
      2. An impression of the lines and whorls on the inner surface of the end joint of the finger, used as by the police in the identification of a person
      3. An image of the ridges on a person's fingertip made by putting ink on the fingertip and pressing it against a surface or by using a digital scanning device.
      1. An impression or mark made by a foot or shoe, as in sand
      2. The impact that a particular activity, person, or group has on the environment.
      3. Space required by a piece of equipment. Eg: This computer has a smaller footprint.
      1. A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
      2. A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure:
      3. Text, lettering, or other marks produced in ink from type as by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer:
    See also:

    mark

  2. An effect

      1. (Chem.) The mutual action of substances undergoing chemical change
      2. A response to a stimulus.
      3. (Physics) A nuclear reaction.
      1. Importance as a cause or influence
      2. The relation of effect to cause
      3. A logical result or conclusion; inference
      1. (Electronics) The ratio of the output to the input, as for a given frequency, of a device or system operating under specified conditions
      2. A reaction, as that of an organism or a mechanism, to a specific stimulus.
      3. (Physiol., Psychol.) Any biological reaction or behavior resulting from the application of a stimulus
    See also:

    result

    impact

  3. A notion based on scanty evidence

      1. The gist or significance:
      2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
      3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:
      1. The act of supposing.
      2. Something supposed; assumption; hypothesis
      1. Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.
      2. An opinion or conclusion based on guesswork:
      3. An inference, theory, or prediction based on guesswork; guess
      1. Abstract reasoning; speculation:
      2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice:
      3. A speculative idea or plan as to how something might be done
    See also:

    idea

    opinion

    hypothesis

    guess

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Sentence Examples

  • Her last impression of Darcie was a smiling face.

  • Warmth crawled up her neck at the thought of the impression she must have given Alex.

  • That's your impression of me?

  • Your mother seems to be under the impression that you want to stay here - permanently.

  • A letter written to her mother in the course of the following week gave an account of her impression in her own words:

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