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Impression

Definition: Impression

Impression

Noun

1. 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".

2. 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".

3. A clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind".

4. A concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud".

5. A symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope".

6. All the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies".

7. (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist made an impression for use in preparing an inlay".

8. An impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician".

9. The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "impression" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Impression \Im*pres"sion\, noun. [French expression impression, from Latin expression impressio.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Impression

DomainDefinition

Business

The exposure to an advertisement received by a member of the audience covered by the particular medium in which the advertisement appears. Source: European Union. (references)
 In this way, the researchers attempt to measure the lasting impression, or impact, of the advertising and its meaning to the reader. Source: European Union. (references)

Chemical Industry

That part of the mould which imparts shape to the moulding. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

Small depression caused by a particle of foreign matter being pressed into the hot surface. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

That part of a mould which imparts shape to the moulding. Also known as impression, mould form, or form. Source: European Union. (references)
 The form of the work piece sunk in a die block. Source: European Union. (references)

Publishing & Graphic Arts

All copies of a book or other work printed at one time. Source: European Union. (references)
 Whole set of copies of an edition or issue printed at one time and in a single operation. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Impression

Synonyms: belief (n), depression (n), effect (n), feeling (n), imprint (n), mental picture (n), notion (n), opinion (n), picture (n), printing (n), stamp (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: -form (metallurgy).

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Synonyms within Context: Impression

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Belief

Persuasion, conviction, convincement, plerophory, self-conviction; certainty; opinion, mind, view; conception, thinking; impression; (idea); surmise; conclusion; (judgment).

Feeling

Noun: feeling; suffering; Verb: endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response; sympathy; (love); impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense.

Idea

Noun: idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, gr/eidolon/gr, sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration; abstract idea; archetype, formative notion; guiding conception, organizing conception; image in the mind, regulative principle.

Indication

Print; imprint, impress, impression.

Knowledge

Light, enlightenment; glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn; scent, suspicion; impression; (idea); discovery; a.

Physical Sensibility

Sensation, impression; consciousness. (knowledge).

Printing

Folio; (book); copy, impression, pull, proof, revise; author's proof, galley proof, press proof; press revise.

Supposition

Inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression; bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Impression

English words defined with "impression": Centrifugal impression, Centripetal impressionProof impression. (references)
Specialty definitions using "impression": 3-D frameALIGNER, TYPEWRITER, angled bond, Animated GIF, Asparagus, ASSISTANT-PRESS OPERATORBACK-ROLL LATHE, Besants, BITE-BLOCK MAKER, Brinell hardness testcheckering-machine operator, Cherubs, competing brand, context switch, CONTOUR WIRE SPECIALIST, DENTURE, control feel, country printer, CUT-AND-PRINT-MACHINE OPERATOR, cutting-and-creasing-machine operator, cyclebabble, CYLINDER-DIE-MACHINE OPERATORdBA, Dental Casting Technique, DENTAL CERAMIST ASSISTANT, Dental Impression Materials, dental stone, diamond pyramid hardness number, DIE SINKER, Direct Inward Dialing, DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR IEAR-MOLD LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, EMBOSSING-PRESS OPERATOR, EMBOSSING-PRESS OPERATOR, MOLDED GOODS, ENGRAVER, MACHINE, ENGRAVER, PICTURE, ENGRAVER, RUBBER, engraver, signatureFAWES, flexographic-press helper, floor molder, sweep method, forging-die sinkergold marker, gold stamper, gold-leaf printer, grip checkerer, machineHand and Seal, hobbing, HOBBING-PRESS OPERATOR, hot stamperimpression block, incomplete bondkey stroke, kick crank, Knoop hardnessleaf stamper, lettering-machine operator, Lilli-Burleromodeling compound, modified plaster, MOLD FINISHER, mold maker, MOLDER, PATTERN, MOLDER, SWEEP, mould form, mould impressionnew printingOFFSET-DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATORplaster whittler, PLATE SETTER, FLEXOGRAPHIC PRESS, porcelain finisher, porcelain waxer, printing plate, PRINTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, TAPE RULES, PROSTHETICS TECHNICIANrain print, raindrop impression, raindrop imprint, recursive system, restoration technician, Rockwell hardness test, roll tester, ROLLER ENGRAVER, HAND, roller impression, rotary machinesand mold, SKETCH MAKER I, smeared bond, SOUND-EFFECTS TECHNICIAN, Sparrowgrass, STAMPING-PRESS OPERATOR, stereoscopic model, STOCK CHECKERER II, STRIKE-OFF-MACHINE OPERATOR, Suprachiasmatic Nucleusthree-dimension frameVickers' diamond hardness tester, Vickers hardnessWAD-PRINTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, web-press-operator assistant, whittling-room operator. (references)
Etymologies containing "impression": VERONICA. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Impression" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (effect, feeling, impression, imprint, pattern, print, printed matter, printing, trace, track).

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Modern Usage: Impression

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That was my first impression of the man. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

My impression was that he's just another blundering American (Casablanca; writing credit: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play 'Everybody Comes to Rick's' by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.)

For my next impression, Jesse Owens (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks)

Yeah, you made a great impression on my chin (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Surely my ardent attachment to you, my love and devotion cannot help but have made an impression! (Emma; writing credit: Douglas McGrath)

Lyrics

With the wrong impression (Wrong Impression; performing artist: Natalie Imbruglia)

Now it's time for me to make my impression felt (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

Clever

You only have one chance to make a first impression. (references; author: unknown)

A husband is someone who after taking the trash out, gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (1969)

Your First Impression (1962)

Making an Impression (1898)

Impersonal Impression (2002)

Big Impression (1999)

Song Titles

Wrong Impression (performing artist: Natalie Imbruglia)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Impression

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Modelling Pastes, Dental Wax or Dental Impression Compounds in Sets for Retail Sale, and Calcined Gypsum or Calcium Sulfate Based Dental Products: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Create a Polymer Clay Impression (reference)

  • How to Make a Million Dollar First Impression (reference)

  • Put Your Best Foot Forward: Make a Great Impression by Taking Control of How Others See You (reference)

  • Self-Presentation: Impression Management and Interpersonal Behavior (Social Psychology Series) (reference)

  • The Psalms: An Artist's Impression (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Impression

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Impression

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Leptospira bacteria, FA stain of liver impression smear from patient who died of leptospirosis. Credit: CDC.

Il y a violence, lorsqu'elle est de nature a faire impression sur une personne raisonnable. / Cham [i.e. Amédée Noé]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Dental impression laboratory ]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A rather fanciful impression of the action, depicting USS Olympia, at left, and the Spanish cruiser Reina Cristina, at right, engaged in a gunnery duel. The original, from an artwork by F. Fetherstone, 1898, was printed on a stereograph card. Credit: NAVY.

She had an instant's impression of the room. Credit: Library of Congress.

The sage: And so you are truth! : but I was under the impression Madam that it was customary ... Credit: Library of Congress.

What every husband knows. A wife's impression of her golf-fan husband and his friends / Herbert Johnson. Credit: Library of Congress.

Good first impression --. Credit: Library of Congress.

Massacre at Malmedy - U.S. prisoners shot by S.S. troops impression from survivor's account / / Sgt. Howard Brodie '45. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Impression
 

"Snow Impression" by Ben Pereboom
Commentary: "Just some short impressions of a little snow in the Netherlands."
"Switch" by Wadim Kahlkopf
Commentary: "Impression of switch."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Impression

AuthorQuotation

Arthur Schopenhauer

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

Henrik Ibsen

A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.

Horace

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

Samuel Johnson

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered but a general effect of pleasing impression.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Impression

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

I did not myself agree with many things that were done, but I have a very strong impression in my mind of that situation, and I find it painful to contrast it with that which prevails now. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Impression

TitleAuthorQuote

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Perhaps it was that he smiled slightly too broadly and gave people the unnerving impression that he was about to go for their neck

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

As he drew near the town, he took an impression of change from the series of familiar objects that presented themselves

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

One day, however, his strange manner appeared to make an impression upon Monsieur Madeleine

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The impression was, a King lifting up a lame beggar from the earth

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

The impression made on a wise man is that of universal innocence

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Impression

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This can give the mistaken impression that the patient is hostile or uninterested. (references)

There was a clear impression that clinical caries research is underfunded, if not undervalued. (references)

After the history, physical examination, and laboratory testing, a clinical impression can be obtained of a primarily psychogenic, organic, or mixed etiology for erectile dysfunction. (references)

Business

The Binational Group also conducts an annual "Border Walk" to gain a first-hand impression of how border crossings work. (references)

Simple elegance is the impression for which professional women strive in the workplace, with conservative colors and styles for their wool or silk suits and dresses. (references)

Defaulting on obligations became widespread after the financial crisis in Russia in August 1998, giving the impression that the crisis has been used by unscrupulous organizations in Russia as cover to default on all varieties of legal obligations, and to disavow all manner of debts. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kiribati

A foreign journalist remains barred from entering the country after cabinet officials stated in 1999 that the journalist's articles "gave a bad impression of the country." The journalist did not attempt to reenter the country during the year. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Helping the growing popularity of golf is the increasing availability of public golf courses where beginners can get a first impression without a major expenditure. (references)

Ghana

Some local entrepreneurs operate under the impression that all costs will be borne by the foreign investor while expertise in selling to the local market is all that is required of them. (references)

Human Rights

Ecuador

The police court does not announce verdicts or punishments, reinforcing the strong impression that the police are immune from prosecution. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

The Government has prosecuted several persons in connection with 2 attacks on UN personnel in East and West Timor, but has not prosecuted others for the militia-related crimes in West or East Timor dating back to 1999, although the Attorney General in September and October 2000 named 23 persons as suspects in East Timor human rights cases (one of whom was killed in early September 2000). The Government's critical failure to pursue accountability for human rights violations reinforces the impression that there would be continued impunity for security force abuses. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

This can create a false impression that Czechs are cold or unfriendly. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Impression

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Gary Sinise

I can't do the exact voice, or, you know, I'm not Rich Little or something like that. But what I can try to do is create the impression so that people believe.

Geoffrey Hoon

My impression is that it will be a mixture of things. Those that resist will certainly suffer in the way that we've seen thousands of Iraqis suffer at the hands of coalition forces when they have stood and fought.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Impression

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797But the impression which this moderation made on the discontented did not correspond with what it deserved.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829There are various other subjects of deep interest to the whole Union which have heretofore been recommended to the consideration of Congress, as well by my predecessors as, under the impression of the duties devolving upon me, by myself.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Severe as is the lesson to the Indians, it was rendered necessary by their unprovoked aggressions, and it is to be hoped that its impression will be permanent and salutary.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Two things they did made a big impression on me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Impression

"Impression" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impression" is used about 4,218 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4,2182,333

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Impression

Expressions using "impression": bad impression Centrifugal impression Centripetal impression come away with the impression deep impression dental impression compound Dental Impression Materials Dental Impression Technique do an impression of smb. excite an impression faint impression first impression fragrant flavour impression give smb. a wrong impression hardness test double impression method lasting impression leave an impression make a good impression make a good impression on make an impression make an impression on make an impression on smb. mould impression plaster impression postage impression principal impression produce an impression proof impression raindrop impression roller impression sense impression sensory impression unfavorable impression unfavourable impression. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "impression": impression-management.

Containing "impression": edition-impression-issue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Impression

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gourmet impression

594

dress impression

26

impression

289

creative impression

26

impression photographic

197

impression dvd

24

travel impression

186

printing impression

24

impression bridal

161

arcsoft impression photo

24

first impression

135

impression bridesmaid

23

light impression

129

posh impression

22

lasting impression

104

impression spanking

22

artistic impression

96

2 impression war world

21

impression photo

82

impression management

21

banner impression

79

corporate impression

19

pinnacle impression

57

zurc for impression

18

impression video

49

great impression

18

game impression

45

impression bridal gown

17

best impression

39

graphic impression

16

crystal impression

37

pay per impression

16

impression dvd pro

37

impression magazine

16

impression bridesmaid dress

36

2000 impression photo

16

pinnacle impression dvd pro

29

impression sports

15

impression art

28

impression sunrise

15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Impression

Language Translations for "impression"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

indruk (effect), impak (effect), effek (effect). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

vulë (band, cachet, die, hallmark, indent, indentation, Mark, seal, stamp), përshtypje (account, conception, effect, experience, impress, sense, sound), mbresë (impress, print, scar, seam), gjurmë (Dent, dint, drag, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, indent, indentation, marking, print, print track, scent, sign, slot, smell, spoor, stamp, step, tincture, tinge, trace, track, trail, vestige, vestigium), botim (edition, issue, printing, publication). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فكرة (conceit, concept, conception, idea, motif, notion, opinion, outline, think, thought, view), ‏مدى الكبس, ‏وقع تأثير (effect, impact, impress), ‏ورقة مطبوعة, ‏طلية من الدهان, ‏طبعة (edition, output, print, printing, publishing, squeeze), ‏طبع (etching, grain, habit, inscribe, instill, instillation, lithograph, mood, nature, normalize, print, printing, publishing, redaction, run, stamp, temper, temperament), ‏صورة منطبعة بالذهن, ‏ختم (cachet, chop, close, conclude, frank, impress, imprint, round off, seal, seal ring, sealing, set one's hand to, sign off, signet, stamp, stamp about, stamping, subscribe, wind up, wrap up), ‏الإنطباع, ‏إنفعال (delirium, dither, effervescence, emotion, excitement, flurry, furor, passivity, poignancy, redness, temper, thrill, tizzy), ‏إنطباع (effect, tone), ‏دمغ (hallmark, impress, imprint, stamp, stamping), ‏بصم (impress, print, seal, stamping). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

щампосване (calico-printing, printing, stamping), шарж, впечатление (effect, feeling, idea, impress, ring), отпечатък на гравюра, отпечатък (impress, imprint, indent, print, print off, pull, reprint, seal, squeeze, stamp, track, type), мярка за протеза, подпечатване (stamp), печатане (press, printing), импресия, издание (edition, issue, print, publication). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

印象 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

imitace (imitation, impersonation), vydání knihy, otisk (imprint, print, squeeze, type), náklad (cargo, circulation, freight, lading, load, number of copies, outlay, shipment), dojem (effect, feeling, image, notion, vibes). (various references)

   

Danish

  

indtryk (perception). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

indruk (effect), oplage (circulation, edition 2. edition, issues 3. size of edition, press run, printing, run), oplaag (printing, publication), impressie, effect (conclusion, effect, result). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

impreso, efekto (effect). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

ávirkan (action, influence). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

چاپ (Edition, Press, Stamp), نشان گذاری (Punctuation), گمان (Aim, Assumption, Belief, Conjecture, Doubt, Guess, Idea, Opinion, Supposition, Surmise, Thought), عقیده (Advice, Belief, Concept, Credo, Creed, Doctrine, Faith, Ism, Opinion, Tenet, Thought, View, Viewpoint), طبع (Impress), خیال (Design, Dump, Fancy, Fiction, Ghost, Humor, Idea, Ideology, Imaginary, Intention, Mind, Notion, Plan, Spectrum, Thought, Vision, Whim, Wraith), خاطره (Memento, Memoir, Memory, Reminiscence, Reminiscent, Souvenir), جای مهر, احساس (Gusto, Sensation, Sense, Sentiment), اثر (Affect, Clue, Consequence, Effect, Efficacy, Growth, Impress, Opus, Rake, Relic, Result, Rut, Sign, Symptom, Trace, Track, Tract, Umbrage, Vestige), ادراک (Cognition, Cognizance, Hindsight, Notion, Perception, Realization, Scent, Understanding, Uptake). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

painos (edition). (various references)

   

French

  

impression (imprint), effet (impact), tirage, empreinte (imprint). (various references)

   

German

  

Eindruck (effect, feel, feeling, suggestion), auflage (circulation, coating, condition, edition, impost, layer, lining, number of copies, overlay, plating, requirement, rest, run, stipulation), abdruck (cast, copy, imprint, Mold, molding, print, printed matter, reprint, stamp). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εντύπωση (effect, impressiveness, sensation), εκτύπωση (press-work, printing, printout), τύπωμα (press-work). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

התרשמות, הפעלות (affect, affectivity, effect), הטבעה (coining, minting, sinking, stamping), הצטירות (painting), רושם (effect, sign, trace), רשום (booking, entered, entry, inscribed, inscription, on record, record, recorded, recording, registered, registration, trace, written). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hatás (action, affection, effect, impact, influence, leading), benyomás (dent, impress, sensation), utánnyomás, példányszám (circulation, issue, numero), nyomtatás (press, print, printing), nyomdai levonat, nyomás (cramp, load, press, pressing, pressure, stress, tension), lenyomat (cast, imprint, Mold, mould, proof, squeezing). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kesan (image), anggapan (assumption, belief, contention, judgment, presumption, supposition, suspicion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

impressione (feeling, hunch, impact, impress, imprint, sensation), impronta (cachet, fingerprint, footprint, impress, imprint, Mark, print, stamp, step, trace, track). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

感激 (deep emotion, inspiration). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

につき (apiece, appearance, because of, per, regarding, sociability), あっこん, いんしょう (citation, quotation, reference, seal, stamp), かん (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), かんじ (arranging, Chinese characters, coordinator, executive secretary, feeling, government business, kanji, manager, sense, stereotyped epithet, supervisor), かんげき (deep emotion, gap, inspiration, theatre-going), インプレッション , かんどう (being deeply moved emotionally, deep emotion, disinheritance, excitement, shortcut, side road), ききめ (effect, efficacy, virtue), つき (a lunge, a pass, a stab, a thrust, appearance, attached to, furnished with, month, moon, sociality, to, under), づき (appearance, attached to, furnished with, sociality, to, under), うつり (change, harmony, match, print, quality of a picture, reflection, return present, transition), さわり (bad effect, feel, harm, hindrance, most impressive passage, obstacle, punch line, sickness, touch), しんしょう (a fortune, a wealthy merchant, evidence, genuine case, housekeeping, narrow victory, property, wealthy person), しょかん (correspondence, epistle, feeling, jurisdiction, letter, note), かんかい (bureaucracy, relief, surrounded by the sea, surrounding seas). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

느낌 (Feel, sensing). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ynnyd cowrey (impress, imprint), smooinaght (concept, notion, opinion, sentiment, think, thought). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

inntrykk, opplag (edition), avtrykk (impress, imprint). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

impressionay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

impresja, wrażenie. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

impressão (effect, feeling, rubber stamp, sensation, stamp, thrill). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

imprimare (impress, print, recording), impresie (effect, feeling, impress, reaction, show), urmã (atom, clew, clue, footmark, footprint, furrow, impress, imprint, indent, jot, Mark, patent office, print, pug, rear, rearward, relic, remnant, rut, scent, seal, shadow, sign, slot, spoor, stamp, step, trace, track, trail, vestige, wake), strat de culoare, noţiune vagã, ediţie (edition, issue, version), amprente, amintire vagã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

впечатление (impress, showing). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

aileadh (mark, scar, trace). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

impresija, utisak (afterimage, imprint, notion), otisak (impress, imprint, incuse, print, proof). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

impresión (draft, effect, impress, imprint, press, presswork, print, printing, printout, trace, track). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

intryck (dint, impact, imprint, indentation), avtryck (imprint, print, transfer). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

izlenim (effect, feeling, imprint, odor, odour, ring, stamp), iz (birthmark, chip, clew, clue, dint, evidence, footprint, ghost, hint, ichno-, impress, inkling, odor, odour, print, scar, shades, shadow, sign, smack, stamp, stigma, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, track, trail, vestige, weal, wheal), intiba (imprint), tesir (effect, efficacy, impress, influence, sway), taklit (affectation, bastard, bogus, counterfeit, echo, fake, false, gold brick, hit off, imitated, imitation, imitative, mimesis, mimic, mimicry, mock, mockery, pinchbeck, repetition, reproduction, sham, simulacrum, simulated, simulation, snide, take off), kanı (belief, conclusion, deliverance, esteem, estimation, eye, fancy, idea, judgement, notion, opinion, persuasion, sense, sentiments, sight, surmise, thought, view), fikir (advice, attitude, belief, cogitation, conceit, concept, conception, estimation, hint, idea, ideo-, inspiration, mind, notion, opinion, position, sentiments, suggestion, thinking, think-so, thought, verdict, view, voice), etki (action, bearing, clout, drag, drift, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, force, forcefulness, hold, impact, impress, imprint, incidence, influence, interest, jolt, leaven, penetration, point, potency, pull, purchase, reflection, reflexion, ring, sound, stamp, sway, virtue, weight), damga (brand, cachet, cancellation, earmark, impress, imprint, Mark, marker, print, seal, signature, stamp, stigma), belirti (clinic, evidence, foretoken, glimpse, indication, Mark, note, prognostic, prognostication, sign, spark, spark of, stamp, strain, streak, symptom, tinge, token, trace), baskı (arm-twisting, coaction, coercion, compulsion, constraint, crackdown, crush, discipline, duress, edition, force, heat, leverage, oppression, piezo-, press, press up, pressure, print, printing, repression, restraint, screw, squeeze, stress, suppression, the press, thrust, typographic, urgency). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tдsir (influence). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

уявлення (apprehension, conception, imagery, notion), відбиток (cachet, impress, imprint, indenture, mintage, overprint, press, pressure, print, seal, trace, track), враження (effect, impress, showing), друкування (pressure, presswork, print, printing, typing). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vết in (imprint), vết hằn, vết (maculation, mark, patch, print, speck, trace), dấu in, dấu hằn, cảm tưởng sự đóng, bản in, ấn tượng cảm giác. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

argraffiad (edition), argraff (imprint, print). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Impression

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

typos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

plaga, plagae, plagam, plagarum, plagas, plagatus, plagis. (various references)

Old French900-1400

preinte. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Impression

Derivations

Words beginning with "impression": impressionabilities, impressionability, impressionable, impressionism, impressionisms, impressionist, impressionistic, impressionistically, impressionists, impressions. (additional references)

Words ending with "impression": misimpression, reimpression. (additional references)

Words containing "impression": misimpressions, reimpressions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Impression" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: impresion, impressio, impressioun, imression. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Impression"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "impression" (pronounced i'mpre"shun)
8i' m p r e" sh u nmisimpression.
7-m p r e" sh u ncompression, decompression.
6-p r e" sh u ndepression, expression, oppression, repression, suppression.
5-r e" sh u naggression, digression, discretion, freshen, indiscretion, nonaggression, progression, regression, transgression.
4-e" sh u naccession, concession, confession, hessian, intercession, obsession, possession, precession, procession, profession, recession, repossession, secession, session, succession.
3-sh u nfacilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mech