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Definition: Impression |
ImpressionNoun1. 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) |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Synonyms: ImpressionSynonyms: 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). |
| Context | Synonyms 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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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) | |
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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. | ||
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| "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." |
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| Author | Quotation |
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. |
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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) |
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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 |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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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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. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | But the impression which this moderation made on the discontented did not correspond with what it deserved. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | There 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 | 1829-1837 | Severe 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 | 1993-2001 | Two things they did made a big impression on me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4,218 | 2,333 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
| 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. |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | typos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | plaga, plagae, plagam, plagarum, plagas, plagatus, plagis. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | preinte. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "impression" (pronounced i'mpre"shun) |
| 8 | i' m p r e" sh u n | misimpression. |
| 7 | -m p r e" sh u n | compression, decompression. |
| 6 | -p r e" sh u n | depression, expression, oppression, repression, suppression. |
| 5 | -r e" sh u n | aggression, digression, discretion, freshen, indiscretion, nonaggression, progression, regression, transgression. |
| 4 | -e" sh u n | accession, concession, confession, hessian, intercession, obsession, possession, precession, procession, profession, recession, repossession, secession, session, succession. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, 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, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, potion, precaution, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, prognostication, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, representation, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: permission. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: imprisons, missioner, remission. | |
-2 letters: emission, imposers, imprison, inspires, miriness, mispoise, peonisms, pismires, primines, primness, promines, promises, riminess, ripienos, ropiness, semipros, simonies. | |
-3 letters: eonisms, impones, imposer, imposes, impress, inspire, ionises, ironies, isomers, isospin, meiosis, merinos, merisis, mispens, mission, mossier, noisier, orpines, peonism, persons, pismire, pissoir, poisers, porisms, premiss, primine, primsie, prisons, promine, promise, prossie. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-m-n-o-p-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: impressions, parsimonies, permissions. | |
+2 letters: imprecisions, preadmission, reimpression. | |
+3 letters: expressionism, imperiousness, impressionism, impressionist, imprisonments, mifepristones, misanthropies, misimpression, necrophilisms, nonpermissive, operationisms, preadmissions, pretermission, reimpositions, reimpressions, superimposing. | |
+4 letters: anisometropias, chemisorptions, endoparasitism, expressionisms, impersonalizes, impersonations, imperviousness, impressionable, impressionisms, impressionists, incompressible, misdescription, misimpressions, misperceptions, overimpressing, perfectionisms, pretermissions, protectionisms, recompositions, semiporcelains, spermiogenesis. | |
+5 letters: circumspections, endoparasitisms, imperiousnesses, impersonalities, impoverishments, impressionistic, misapprehension, misdescriptions, multiprocessing, operationalisms, polymerisations, professionalism, superimposition. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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