impress

im·press ¹  (m-prs)

tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es

1. To affect strongly, often favorably: wrote down whatever impressed me during the journey; was impressed by the child's sincerity. See Synonyms at affect¹.

2. To produce or attempt to produce a vivid impression or image of: a scene that impressed itself on her memory; impresses the value of money on their children.

3. To mark or stamp with or as if with pressure: impressed a design on the hot wax.

4. To apply with pressure; press.

n. (mprs)

1. The act of impressing.

2. A mark or pattern produced by or as if by impressing. See Synonyms at impression.

3. A stamp or seal meant to be impressed.

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[Middle English impressen, to imprint, from Old French empresser, from Latin impressus, past participle of imprimere : in-, in; see in-² + premere, to press; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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impress

Verb

1. to make a strong, lasting, or favourable impression on: he was impressed by the standard of play

2. to stress or emphasize

3. to imprint or stamp by pressure: a pattern impressed in paint on the rock

Noun

1. an impressing

2. a mark produced by impressing [Latin imprimere to press into]

impressible adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	impress - the act of coercing someone into government service impressment seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process
Verb	1.	impress - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" strike, affect, move infect - affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" surprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" ingrain, instill, impress - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" awaken - make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts" incite, motivate, prompt, propel, actuate, move - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" engrave - impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory" strike dumb - render speechless, as by surprising or shocking; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement" zap - strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes" jar - affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience" hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord - refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!" smite - affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" cloud - make gloomy or depressed; "Their faces were clouded with sadness" pierce - move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" impress - impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience" sweep off, sweep away - overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away" disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" touch, stir - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" move - arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all" sadden - make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" alienate - make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees" come to, hit, strike - cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
	2.	impress - impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience" impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" prepossess - make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance" wow - impress greatly; "The speaker wowed the audience"
	3.	impress - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" ingrain, instill impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
	4.	impress - mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax" imprint change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface stamp - to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps" boss, emboss, stamp - raise in a relief; "embossed stationery"
	5.	impress - reproduce by printing print write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" letter - set down or print with letters typeset, set - set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these words in italics" prove - take a trial impression of offset - produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings" overprint, print over - print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper cyclostyle - print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil boldface - print in boldface italicise, italicize - print in italics
	6.	impress - take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" shanghai crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
	7.	impress - dye (fabric) before it is spun yarn-dye dye - color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"

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impress

verb excite, move, strike, touch, affect, influence, inspire, grab (informal) amaze, overcome, stir, overwhelm, astonish, dazzle, sway, awe, overawe, make an impression on

impress something on or upon someone stress, bring home to, instil in, drum into, knock into, emphasize to, fix in, inculcate in, ingrain in

Translations

impress [ɪmˈprɛs] vt → impresionar;

(mark) → estampar

vi → causar buena impresión;

to impress sth on sb → convencer a algn de la importancia de algo

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impress [ɪmˈprɛs] vt → impressionner, faire impression sur (= mark); imprimer, marquer;

to impress sth on sb → faire bien comprendre qch à qn

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impress [ɪmˈprɛs] vt → beeindrucken;

(mark) → aufdrücken;

to impress sth on sb → jdm etw einschärfen

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impress [ɪmˈprɛs] vt → impressionare (= mark); imprimere, stampare;

to impress sth on sb → far capire qc a qn