transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmpres ]
( impresses, impressing, impressed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something impresses you, you feel great admiration for it.
What impressed him most was their speed...
Cannon’s film impresses on many levels.
VERB : V n , V
• im‧pressed
I was very impressed by one young man at my lectures...
ADJ : v-link ADJ , oft ADJ by/with n
2.
If you impress something on someone, you make them understand its importance or degree.
I had always impressed upon the children that if they worked hard they would succeed in life...
I’ve impressed upon them the need for more professionalism...
I impressed on him what a huge honour he was being offered.
VERB : V on/upon n that , V on/upon n n , V on/upon n wh
3.
If something impresses itself on your mind, you notice and remember it.
But this change has not yet impressed itself on the minds of the British public.
VERB : V pron-refl on n
4.
If someone or something impresses you as a particular thing, usually a good one, they gives you the impression of being that thing.
Billy Sullivan had impressed me as a fine man.
VERB : V n as n / -ing