impression

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: im=pres=sion
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

impression, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.].

•  The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.  [1913 Webster]

  "The stamp and clear impression of good sense."  [1913 Webster]

  "To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build."  [1913 Webster]
•  That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.  [1913 Webster]

  "Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air."  [1913 Webster]

  "A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven."  [1913 Webster]
•  Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.  Reid.  [1913 Webster]

  "His words impression left."  [1913 Webster]

  "Such terrible impression made the dream."  [1913 Webster]

  "I have a father's dear impression,
  And wish, before I fall into my grave,
  That I might see her married."  [1913 Webster]
•  An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.  [1913 Webster]
•  Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.  [1913 Webster]

  "Which must be read with an impression."  [1913 Webster]
•  The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time; as, a copy from the fifth impression.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ten impressions which his books have had."  [1913 Webster]
•  In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.  [1913 Webster]
•  A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.  [1913 Webster]

Proof impression, one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

impression, n.
1 an effect produced (esp. on the mind or feelings).
2 a notion or belief (esp. a vague or mistaken one) (my impression is they are afraid).
3 an imitation of a person or sound, esp. done to entertain.
4 a the impressing of a mark. b a mark impressed.
5 an unaltered reprint from standing type or plates (esp. as distinct from edition).
6 a the number of copies of a book, newspaper, etc., issued at one time. b the printing of these.
7 a print taken from a wood engraving.
8 Dentistry a negative copy of the teeth or mouth made by pressing them into a soft substance.

Derivative

impressional adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L impressio -onis f. imprimere impress- (as IN-(2), PRESS(1))

THESAURUS

impression

Ditto copy, Photostat, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Xerox, Xerox copy, absorption and regurgitation, aesthetic form, affect, affection, alveolation, alveolus, angle, apprehension, aquatint, archetype, aroma, art form, aspect, assumption, attitude, attribute, autolithograph, awareness, back number, backlash, backwash, badge, bare suggestion, belief, block, block print, boss, brainwashing, brand, build, bump, cachet, cameo, cast, catalog, cataloging, catechization, character, character sketch, characteristic, characterization, chromolithograph, climate of opinion, clout, collection, colophon, color print, common belief, community sentiment, concavity, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, conditioning, configuration, conformation, consciousness, consensus gentium, consideration, contact print, convexity, copperplate, copperplate print, copy, copying, counterfeiting, crayon engraving, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, delineation, dent, depiction, depression, description, details, dictation, differentia, differential, dimple, dint, distinctive feature, earmark, edition, effect, eidolon, embossment, emotion, emotional charge, emotional shade, emulation, engravement, engraving, enlargement, estimate, estimation, etching, ethos, evocation, excrescence, experience, eye, facet, fakery, fancy, fashion, feature, feeling, feeling tone, figuration, figure, fingerprint, flavor, following, footmark, footprint, footstep, force, foreboding, forefeeling, forgery, form, format, formation, fossil footprint, frame, funny feeling, furrow, general belief, genre, gestalt, gouge, graphic account, graphotype, guise, gust, gut reaction, half an idea, hallmark, hazy idea, heartthrob, hectograph copy, hint, hit-off, hollow, hollowness, honeycomb, hunch, ichnite, ichnolite, idea, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, image, imagery, imago, imbuement, imitation, impact, impersonation, implantation, imposture, impregnation, impress, impressible, impressionable, imprint, inculcation, incurvation, incurvature, incurvity, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, index, individualism, indoctrination, infixation, infixion, influence, influenceable, infusion, inkling, inner form, inoculation, instillation, instillment, intellection, intellectual object, intimation, intuition, intuitive impression, issue, itemization, judgment, keynote, layout, letterpress, library, library edition, light, lights, likeness, limning, lineaments, linoleum-block print, lithograph, look, lump, mackle, make, makeup, manner, mannerism, mark, marking, matrix, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, mere notion, mezzotint, mimeograph copy, mimesis, mind, mirroring, modality, mode, model, mold, mystique, nature, negative, notch, notion, number, observation, odor, offcut, offprint, offset, onomatopoeia, opinion, pad, parody, particularity, particularization, passion, pattern, paw print, pawmark, peculiarity, perception, personal judgment, phase, phasis, photocopy, photograph, photostatic copy, picture, pimple, pit, plagiarism, plagiary, pock, pockmark, point of view, popular belief, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, position, positive, posture, preapprehension, premonition, presentiment, presumption, prevailing belief, print, printing, profile, profound sense, proof, property, prototype, public belief, public opinion, pug, pugmark, quality, quirk, reaction, recept, recoil, reference, reflection, reflex, regard, reindoctrination, reissue, rendering, rendition, repercussion, repetition, representation, reprint, reprinting, respect, response, responsive, rubber-block print, run, satire, savor, school edition, seal, seeming, semblance, sensation, sense, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentiment, series, set, setoff, shape, side, sight, sigil, sign, signet, significant form, simulacrum, simulation, singularity, sketch, slant, smack, sneaking suspicion, specialty, specification, stamp, stance, stat, step, structure, stud, style, suggestion, sunken part, supposition, susceptible, susceptive, suspicion, taint, take-off, takeoff, tang, taste, theory, thinking, thought, thumbmark, thumbprint, token, total effect, trace, track, trade book, trade edition, trait, trick, turn, twist, type, undercurrent, vague feeling, vague idea, vestige, view, viewpoint, vignette, vivid description, volume, way of thinking, wise, wood engraving, woodblock, woodcut, woodprint, word painting, xylograph

ROGET THESAURUS

impression

Printing

N printing, block printing, type-printing, plate printing, (engraving), the press, composition, print, letterpress, text, context, note, page, column, typography, stereotype, electrotype, aprotype, type, black letter, font, fount, pi, pie, capitals, brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface, capitals, caps, catchword, composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick, italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype, lower case, upper case, make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work, reglet, roman, running head, running title, scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay, folio, copy, impression, pull, proof, revise, author's proof, galley proof, press proof, press revise, printer, compositor, reader, printer's devil copyholder, printed, in type, typographical, solid in galleys.

Feeling

N feeling, suffering, endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense, warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence, fervor, fervency, heartiness, cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion, ecstasy, blush, suffusion, flush, hectic, tingling, thrill, turn, shock, agitation, quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor, throb, throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, panting, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment, state of excitement, feeling, sentient, sensuous, sensorial, sensory, emotive, emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive, keen, keen as a razor, trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt, heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic, earnest, wistful, eager, breathless, fervent, fervid, gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming, boiling over, pervading, penetrating, absorbing, rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical, impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap, rapt, in a quiver, enraptured, heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore, heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels, the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).

Physical Sensibility

N physical sensibility, sensibility, sensitiveness, physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics, moral sensibility, sensation, impression, consciousness, external senses, sensible, sensitive, sensuous, aesthetic, perceptive, sentient, conscious, acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned, to the quick, the touch'd needle trembles to the pole.

Idea

N idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, eidolon, sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration, abstract idea, archetype, formative notion, guiding conception, organizing conception, image in the mind, regulative principle, view, theory, conceit, fancy, phantasy, point of view, field of view.

Belief

N belief, credence, credit, assurance, faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation, dependence on, reliance on, persuasion, conviction, convincement, plerophory, self- conviction, certainty, opinion, mind, view, conception, thinking, impression, surmise, conclusion, tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking, popular belief, firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep- rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion, uberrima fides, system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons, article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, tenets, credenda, creed, thirty-nine articles, catechism, assent, propaganda, credibility, believing, certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure, under the impression, impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with, confiding, suspectless, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, void of suspicion, credulous, wedded to, believed, accredited, putative, unsuspected, worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief, credible, reliable, trustworthy, to be depended on, satisfactory, probably, fiducial, fiduciary, persuasive, impressive, relating to belief, doctrinal, in the opinion of, in the eyes of, me judice, meseems, methinks, to the best of one's belief, I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure, sure enough, depend upon, rely upon it, be assured, rest assured, I'll warrant you, experto crede, fata viam invenient, Justitiae soror incorrupta Fides, live to explain thy doctrine by thy life, stands not within the prospect of belief, tarde quae credita laedunt credimus, vide et crede.

Knowledge

N knowledge, cognizance, cognition, cognoscence, acquaintance, experience, ken, privity, insight, familiarity, comprehension, apprehension, recognition, appreciation, intuition, conscience, consciousness, perception, precognition, acroamatics, light, enlightenment, glimpse, inkling, glimmer, glimmering, dawn, scent, suspicion, impression, discovery, system of knowledge, body of knowledge, science, philosophy, pansophy, acroama, theory, aetiology, etiology, circle of the sciences, pandect, doctrine, body of doctrine, cyclopedia, encyclopedia, school, tree of knowledge, republic of letters, erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters, literature, book madness, book learning, bookishness, bibliomania, bibliolatry, information, general information, store of knowledge, education, culture, menticulture, attainments, acquirements, acquisitions, accomplishments, proficiency, practical knowledge, liberal education, dilettantism, rudiments, deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge, acroamatic knowledge, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning, omniscience, pantology, march of intellect, progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning, schoolmaster abroad, scholar, knowing, cognitive, acroamatic, aware of, cognizant of, conscious of, acquainted with, made acquainted with, privy to, no stranger to, au fait with, au courant, in the secret, up to, alive to, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, let into, apprized of, informed of, undeceived, proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in, conversant with, familiar with, erudite, instructed, leaned, lettered, educated, well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated, enlightened, shrewd, savant, blue, bookish, scholastic, solid, profound, deep-read, book- learned, accomplished, omniscient, self-taught, known, ascertained, well-known, recognized, received, notorious, noted, proverbial, familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy, hackneyed, trite, trivial, commonplace, cognoscible, cognizable, to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge, one's eyes being opened, ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner, to know all is to pardon all, empta dolore docet experientia, gnothi seauton, half our knowledge we must snatch not take, Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher, years teach more than books, knowledge comes but wisdom lingers, knowledge is power, les affaires font les hommes, nec scire fas est omnia, the amassed thought and experience of innumerable, was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss.

Supposition

N supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory, thesis, theorem, data, proposition, position, proposal, presumption, divination, conjecture, guess, guesswork, speculation, rough guess, shot, shot in the dark, conjecturality, surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, estimate, approximation (nearness), inkling, suggestion, hint, intimation, notion, impression, bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion, association of ideas, (analogy), metonym, metonymy, simile (metaphor), conceit, idea, thought, original idea, invention (imagination), supposing, given, mooted, postulatory, assumed, supposititious, suppositive, suppositious, gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative, suppositional, suggestive, allusive, if, if so be, an, on the supposition, ex hypothesi, in the case, in the event of, quasi, as if, provided, perhaps, for aught one knows.

Indication

N indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.

Engraving

N engraving, chalcography, line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving, dry point, bur, etching, aquatinta, chiseling, plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving, xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph, impression, print, engraving, plate, steelplate, copperplate, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint, cut, woodcut, stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype, graver, burin, etching point, style, plate, stone, wood block, negative, die, punch, stamp, printing, plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing, type printing, three-color process, illustration, illumination, half tone, photogravure, vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe, tailpiece, lapidary, lapidarian, insculptured, engraved, lapidary, sculpsit, imprimit.