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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

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

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

impress [ɪmˈprɛs] vt → beeindrucken;

(mark) → aufdrücken;

to impress sth on sb → jdm etw einschärfen

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

to impress sth on sb → far capire qc a qn

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impress

v impress [imˈpres]

1 to cause feelings of admiration etc in (a person) I was impressed by his good behaviour. beïndruk يَتْرُك إنْطِباعا أو أثرا впечатлявам učinit dojem, zapůsobit gøre indtryk på; imponere beeindrucken εντυπωσιάζω impresionar muljet avaldama تحت تاثیر قرار دادن tehdä vaikutus impressionner לַעֲשוֹת רוֹשֶם על- प्रभावित करना impresionirati nagy hatással van vkire mengesankan snerta; vekja aðdáun eða hrifningu impressionare 感銘を与える 깊이 감동시키다 (kam) (pa)daryti įspūdį iespaidot mengesankan imponeren gjøre inntrykk på, imponere imponować impressionar a impresiona производить впечатление urobiť dojem, zapôsobiť narediti dober vtis impresionirati imponera ประทับใจ etkilemek, hayranlık uyandırmak 給...極深的印象 справляти враження, вражати متأثر کرنا có ấn tượng 留下印象

2 (with on or upon) to stress (something to someone) I must impress upon you the need for silence. benadruk يؤكِّد ، يَطْبَعُ في فِكْرِه набялагам přesvědčit indskærpe einschärfen τονίζω subrayar, recalcar rõhutama تاکید کردن tähdentää faire bien comprendre (qqch. à qqn) לְהַדגִיש प्रभाव डालना uvjeriti megértet vkivel vmit menekankan leggja áherslu á imprimere 印象づける 명심하게 하다 pabrėžti, atkreipti (kieno) dėmesį iedvest; ieskaidrot; pārliecināt menekankan op het hart drukken formane, innprente, innskjerpe overfor zwrócić (komuś) szczególną uwagę acentuar a vârî (ceva) în capul (cuiva) внушать presvedčiť prepričati koga o čem naglasiti betona vikten av ทำให้เข้าใจแจ่มแจ้ง vurgulamak 強調 вселяти زور دینا nhấn mạnh 给...极深的印象

3 to fix (a fact etc in the mind) She re-read the plans in order to impress the details on her memory. vaslê يُثَبِّت في الذّاكِره، يَطْبَع запечатвам vštípit indprente sig einprägen εντυπώνω, εμπεδώνω grabar meelde jätma به خاطر سپردن painaa mieleensä graver (dans) לְהַטבִּיע महत्व स्पष्ट करना usaditi elméjébe vés menanamkan innprenta, festa fissare 銘記する 새겨 넣다 įsikalti, įsiminti iespiesties [] menanamkan inprenten innprente wryć w pamięć fixar a păstra (în minte) запечатлевать vštepiť vtisniti utisnuti inprägla, inskärpa เน้นย้ำ kafasına sokmak 銘刻 вселяти, навівати نقش کرنا ghi nhớ 铭刻

4 make (a mark) on something by pressing a footprint impressed in the sand. afgedruk يَتْرُك أثَرا отпечатвам vtlačit præge eindrücken αποτυπώνω imprimir vajutama نقش انداختن painaa imprimer לְהַטבִּיע ठप्पा, मुहर लगाना ostaviti trag rányom; rábélyegez mencetak gera far í imprimere 印を押す 눌러서 자국을 내다 į(si)spausti iespiest menerakan indrukken trykke, prege inn odcisnąć imprimir a imprima делать отпечаток vtlačiť odtisniti utisnuti trycka in, göra ett avtryck ประทับตรา iz bırakmak 壓, 印 відбиватися نشان ڈالنا đóng dấu 压, 印

n imˈpression [-ʃən]

1 the idea or effect produced in someone's mind by a person, experience etc The film made a great impression on me. indruk إنْطِباع впечатление dojem indtryk der Eindruck εντύπωση impresión mulje اثر vaikutus impression רוֹשֶם असर utisak hatás kesan, pengaruh mótandi áhrif, hughrif impressione 印象 인상, 감동 įspūdis iespaids kesan indruk inntrykk wrażenie marca impresie впечатление dojem, účinok vtis utisak intryck ความประทับใจ etki, tesir 印象 враження تأثر ấn tượng 印象

2 a vague idea I have the impression that he's not pleased. indruk إنْطِباع ، فِكْرَه впечатление dojem indtryk der Eindruck εντύπωση, αόριστη αίσθηση impresión mulje تصور vaikutelma impression רוֹשֶם विचार dojam benyomás kesan hugboð, óljós tilfinning impressione 感じ (막연한) 생각 įspūdis iespaids tanggapan indruk inntrykk wrażenie impressão impresie предположение dojem vtis utisak intryck, känsla ความประทับใจ izlenim 模糊的觀念 враження خیال cảm giác 模糊的观念

3 the mark left by an object on another object The dog left an impression of its paws in the wet cement. afdruk أثر отпечатък otisk aftryk; mærke der Abdruck αποτύπωμα huella, marca jälg نقش؛ اثر jälki empreinte מַטבֵּע निशान otisak lenyomat jejak far impronta 跡 자국 įspaudas nospiedums bekas afdruk avtrykk, merke odcisk marca amprentă отпечаток odtlačok odtis trag avtryck, märke, spår รอยประทับตรา iz 印記 відбиток چھاپہ، نشان dấu 印记

4 a single printing of a book etc. oplaag طَبْعَة من كِتاب издание výtisk særtryk; fortryk der Abzug έκδοση, ανατύπωση edición, tirada trükk چاپ painos tirage הַדפָּסָה संस्करण tisak utánnyomás edisi prentun tiratura 刷 1회의 인쇄 부수 stereotipinis leidimas (grāmatas) iespiedums cetakan druk trykking nakład impressão ediţie издание výtlačok natis otisak tryckning งานพิมพ์ baskı 印次 тираж تعداد اشاعت bản in 印次

adj imˈpressive [-siv]

(negative unimpressive) making a great impression on a person's mind, feelings etc an impressive ceremony. indrukwekkend مُؤَثِّر، رائِع внушителен působivý imponerende eindrucksvoll εντυπωσιακός impresionante muljet avaldav تاثیر گذار؛ شگفت انگیز vaikuttava impressionnant מַרשִׁים प्रभावशाली impresivan hatásos mengesankan áhrifamikill impressionante 印象に残る 감동적인 įspūdingas iespaidīgs; izteiksmīgs mengesankan indrukwekkend imponerende, gripende, mektig imponujący impressionante impresionant впечатляющий pôsobivý impresiven impresivan imponerande ซึ่งน่าประทับใจ etkileyici 給人深刻印象的 вражаючий رعب دار gây ấn tượng 给人深刻印象的

adv imˈpressively

indrukwekkend بصورَة مؤثرَه، بِصورَة رائِعَه внушително úchvatně imponerende eindrucksvoll εντυπωσιακά de manera impresionante mõjukalt بطور موثر یا پر ابهت vaikuttavasti de façon impressionnante בְּאוֹפֶן מַרשִׁים प्रभावपूर्ण ढंग से impresivno hatásosan secara mengesankan á áhrifamikinn hátt in maniera impressionante 堂々と 감동적으로 įspūdingai iespaidīgi; izteiksmīgi dengan berkesan indrukwekkend imponerende, slående, storslagent imponująco impressionantemente (în mod) im­pre­sio­nant впечатляюще pôsobivo impresivno impresivno imponerande, effektfullt อย่างน่าประทับใจ etkileyici şekilde 感人地 вражаюче اثر انگیزی سے một cách ấn tượng 感人地

n imˈpressiveness

indrukwekkendheid تَأثير رائِع внушителност působivost det, som gør et stort indtryk das Eindrucksvolle δημιουργία εντυπώσεων, εντυπωσιασμός cualidad de impresionante mõjukus تاثیر؛ ابهت vaikuttavuus caractère impressionnant רוֹב-רוֹשֶם प्रभावशालिता आदि impresivnost, doimanje mély benyomás sifat mengesankan áhrifamikill persónuleiki carattere impressionante 感銘 감동 įspūdingumas iespaidīgums; izteiksmīgums keberkesanan indrukwekkendheid det som gjør et mektig inntrykk siła wyrazu impressão caracter impre­sio­nant выразительность pôsobivosť, impozantnosť impresivnost impresivnost effektfullhet ความประทับใจ etkileyicilik 令人感動 величність; пишність اثر انگیزی sự gợi cảm 令人感动

be under the impression (that)

to have the (often wrong) feeling or idea that I was under the impression that you were paying for this meal. onder die indruk verkeer يَكون تَحتَ تأثير струва ми се mít dojem (že) have indtryk af den Eindruck haben (daß) έχω την (εσφαλμένη συν.) εντύπωση ότι tener la impresión de que on jäänud mulje (et) خیال کردن olla käsitys avoir l'impression que רוֹשֶם समझ pod dojmom az a benyomása, hogy punya kesan hafa e-ð á tilfinningunni avere l'impressione che ～と感じる ...이라고 생각하다 (kam) susidaryti įspūdžiui, (kad) būt iespaidam bertanggapan de indruk hebben tro at, ha inntrykk av at mieć wrażenie ter a impressão a avea impresia (că) полагать, что mať dojem (že) imeti občutek imati utisak ha det intrycket att ... ความประทับใจ sanmak, zannetmek (誤)以為 комусь здається, що کسی خیال میں رہنا có cảm giác 以为