Dictionary Entry
impression
impression is a 10-letter English word with 18 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
- 3noun
That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
- 4noun
Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
- 5noun
An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
- 6noun
Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
- 7noun
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.
- 8noun
In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
- 9noun
A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.
- 10noun
the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
"he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
- 11noun
an impressionistic portrayal of a person
"he did a funny impression of a politician"
- 12noun
(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
"the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
- 13noun
an outward appearance
"he made a good impression"
"I wanted to create an impression of success"
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- 14noun
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
"his impression of her was favorable"
"what are your feelings about the crisis?"
- 15noun
a clear and telling mental image
"he described his mental picture of his assailant"
"he had no clear picture of himself or his world"
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- 16noun
all the copies of a work printed at one time
"they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
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- 17noun
a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
"he put his stamp on the envelope"
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- 18noun
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
"he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
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