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impression

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/

The English word “impression” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
  2. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
  3. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
  4. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another person.
  5. An outward appearance.
  6. A performance metric representing an instance where a post or ad is shown once.
  7. The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
  8. A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
  9. The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
  10. set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.

verb

  1. To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key.

Etymology

From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.

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