impression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impression	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for impression
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impression n 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" Synonym(s): impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion 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" Synonym(s): impression, effect 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" Synonym(s): mental picture, picture, impression a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" Synonym(s): depression, impression, imprint a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" Synonym(s): stamp, impression all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" Synonym(s): impression, printing (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay" an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impression \Impres"sion\, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.] 1. 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. 2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without. The stamp and clear impression* of good sense. --Cowper. To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build. --Barrow. 3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.] Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air. --Milton. A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. --Holland. 4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern. --Reid. His words impression left. --Milton. Such terrible impression made the dream. --Shak. I have a father's dear impression, And wish, before I fall into my grave, That I might see her married. --Ford. 5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief. 6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery. Which must be read with an impression. --Milton. 7. (Print.) 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. Ten impressions which his books have had. --Dryden. 8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like. [R.] 9. (Engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like. {Proof impression}, one of the early impressions taken from an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.