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   impress

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel admiration and respect: "they immediately impressed the judges" Similar make an impression onhave an impact oninfluenceaffectleave a mark onmovestirrouseexciteinspiregalvanizedazzleovercomeoverwhelmoverpoweraweoverawetake someone's breath awaytake someone abackamazeastonishfeel admirationfeel respectinformal:grabstick in someone's mindOpposite disappoint
   • 2. make a mark or design on (an object) using a stamp or seal: "the company should impress the cards with a stamp"
   • ▪ apply (a mark) to something with pressure: "Andean cultures used seals to impress designs on pottery" Similar imprintprintstampmarkengravedebossembosspunchetchcarveinscribecutchisel
   • 3. fix an idea in the mind of (someone): "nobody impressed on me the need to save" Similar emphasize tostress tobring home toestablish in someone's mindfix deeply in someone's mindinstil ininculcate indrum intoknock intodrive intodin intoingrain inleave in no doubt
   • 4. apply (an electric current or potential) from an external source.

   noun

   • 1. an act of making an impression or mark: "bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers"
   • ▪ a mark made by a seal or stamp.
   • ▪ a person's characteristic quality: "his desire to put his own impress on the films he made"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘apply with pressure’): from Old French empresser, from em- ‘in’ + presser ‘to press’, influenced by Latin imprimere (see imprint). impress1 (sense 1 of the verb) dates from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. impressible adjective

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   • English (US)

     IMPRESS meaning: 1. to cause someone to admire or respect...

   • Znaczenie Impress, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     impress definicja: 1. to cause someone to admire or respect...

   • Impress: French Translation

     IMPRESS translate: impressionner, impressionner, insister...

   • Impress: Arabic Translation

     IMPRESS translate: يَتْرُك اِنْطِباعًا حَسَنًا. Learn more...

   • Impress: Polish Translation

     IMPRESS translate: zaimponować, zrobić lub wywrzeć wrażenie...

   • Impress in Japanese

     IMPRESS translate: ～を感心させる, 好感（こうかん）を持（も）たせる. Learn more in...

   • Impress in Spanish

     IMPRESS translate: impresionar, impresionar. Learn more in...

   • Traditional

     IMPRESS translate: 給…留下深刻印象;使欽佩. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   [transitive] impress something on/upon somebody (formal) to make somebody understand how important, serious, etc. something is by emphasizing it. He impressed on us the need for immediate action. Their responsibilities are impressed on them during training.

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   Definitions of impress. verb. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. “This child impressed me as unusually mature” synonyms: affect, move, strike. actuate, incentivize, incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel. give an incentive for action. come to, hit, strike. cause to experience suddenly. see more. verb.