adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a great/fine/impressive achievement (= one that deserves to be admired )
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Winning the award was a great achievement.
a vast/impressive/wide array
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There was a vast array of colours to choose from.
an impressive/imposing building
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the impressive buildings around the town’s central square
impressive/significant/great etc accomplishment
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Cutting the budget was an impressive accomplishment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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Other statistics are equally as impressive .
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The heritage fare is as impressive as the music.
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Longer term analysis still showed a reduction in the prevalence rates, but it was not as impressive .
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Meanwhile, speculation over Barkley upstaged a Spurs triumph that was as impressive as it was convincing.
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Birdwatchers flock to the West Country in numbers as impressive as their quarry.
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The sound quality is quite as impressive as Levine's full-price version, which is otherwise an obviously first choice.
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Pacino is not as impressive , turning in essentially a similar tough-guy performance to his Vincent Hanna in Heat.
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Altogether Höll's weight and authority are as impressive as any pianist's in this work.
equally
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The great beams supporting the roof were held in place by equally impressive timbers.
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There were humans of all shapes and sizes, richly and ostentatiously dressed, and a large mingling of equally impressive exters.
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Williams has learned that a 6-6, 250-pound tight end and a 5-9, 185-pound running back can cast equally impressive shadows.
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His match record is equally impressive .
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These are the grandiose stone-built mill at Ebley and the equally impressive brick-built Stanley Mill.
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Their diving skills are equally impressive .
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They came after Benito Carbone had given City a half-time lead with an equally impressive strike.
less
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This linguistic argument is, however, less impressive on closer inspection.
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They're less impressive as they smoulder, marmalade-like, over a pair of kohl-black eyebrows.
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The absolute figures are less impressive .
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This machine is extremely fast on disk-intensive tasks, but the video card is less impressive .
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It only describes what happens around us - which is frankly a lot less impressive .
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Moreover, the recording is hardly less impressive , and one of the best I have heard from this source recently.
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This looks less impressive if you know that only 10 people were asked for their views and seven responded favourably.
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Dramatic as the change in the system was, its actual contribution to the royal war-effort in these years was less impressive .
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So far, we have been looking at the rather more impressive remains of former villages.
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The two countries share an overlapping cultural heritage, yet in many ways the tension between them is more impressive .
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Morley Street, against weaker opposition, was even more impressive .
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Their presence is far more impressive than any photographs can indicate.
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Far more impressive was the reclamation of the eastern fenlands.
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The museum is home to even more impressive historical hunks of hardware, including a piece of the original Whirlwind computer.
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It stood in the corner of a small field, larger and more impressive than any I'd yet seen.
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The name is a lot more impressive than the school itself.
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Two of the most impressive survivors of these churches are those of the monasteries of S. Barlaam and S. Stephen.
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But Stanford has been the most impressive .
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In appendix F over 70 pavements are listed, including all the most impressive arrangements.
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Yet back in the primary visual cortex, the fourth layer is the most impressive of all.
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The most impressive winner of the afternoon was North-East junior champion Michael Threadgill.
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Some of the most impressive scenery in Arizona, with hiking, camping and some great dirt-road driving.
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In particular, their intonation, a special problem in such thickly scored music, is most impressive .
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What is most impressive about Mr Gates is that his success has not corrupted his principles.
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These figures represent an improvement over those for existing towns, but are not particularly impressive .
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When you have low control coupled with low demands, your work will not be particularly impressive .
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What is almost certain is that royal land-holdings were vast, and they were probably particularly impressive in the north.
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The final Adagio of this sonata is particularly impressive .
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Further on, the Lower Ddwli Falls are particularly impressive when the river is flowing fast.
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The collection of Verdi memorabilia is particularly impressive , with several manuscripts in his own hand.
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The design of the fittings by which the screen is attached to the monitor is particularly impressive .
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Of these the Norfolk Democrat and Suffolk Punch, both printed and carrying advertisements, were particularly impressive .
pretty
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It started off with a pretty impressive motorcycle-and it's more impressive still, now.
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His top offensive threats are two temperamental sophomores, and he made a major schematic shift in midseason. Pretty impressive .
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Katharine's first canter pirouette, pretty impressive !
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Depending on the site, you can find some pretty impressive examples of regional cuisine at the old ballpark.
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At first, it looks pretty impressive .
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Baron was pretty impressive: The sound of a wet finger sliding across a drum head resembles nothing else.
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All in time for tea. Pretty impressive , hey?
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I thought it was a pretty impressive list.
quite
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The results of using Carbonflo are quite impressive in the short term.
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Some of the schemes thought out are, however, in a general way quite impressive .
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Graphics handling is also quite impressive , on a par with much more expensive laser printers.
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At night, it was so impressive when there were no clouds to obscure the countryside below.
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And yet, is it so impressive ?
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An alert artistic temperament is the first requirement for the creation of these so impressive two dimensional figures.
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He was not prepared for anything so impressive .
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There are some flaws, however, in her behaviour that make her turn out to be not so impressive .
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Barnhorne was not quite so impressive , set as it was on the shifting, sea-threatened, marshland east of Pevensey.
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But this is not so impressive as it appears.
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At the end of the war in 1945, the growth in the District's educational activity was very impressive .
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At night, it was very impressive .
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There was an air of industry and purpose which I found very impressive .
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He spins the ball well, and is very impressive indeed.
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And with a very impressive nominating committee....
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It was a very impressive comeback for Cross, who had been out of the game for six months with shin splints.
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The statistics were initially very impressive .
■ NOUN
array
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Both styles come with an impressive array of features including Gore-Tex lining, Cordura upper and Vibram sole.
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They possess an impressive array of scent glands under nervous and endocrine control, the hormones involved being mostly steroids.
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It will complete an impressive array of hardware - ready, for the next war.
collection
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Here an impressive collection of vehicles from the Great Age of Steam awaits unsuspecting engineers from two to ninety-two.
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There is also an impressive collection of first editions.
display
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For special occasions, you can be more extravagant and go for dramatic, impressive displays .
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In an impressive display of versatility at Aqueduct, Precisionist rallied from just of the pace to win the Sprint.
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George Edmund Street entered all parts of the competition with an impressive display of twenty-three drawings.
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Judging from his stock, funerals must have held some position of importance to have merited such an impressive display of hatchments.
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Overall the factory tour was an impressive display of quality and pride in the job.
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An impressive display from Magnum player Muir saw him cruise through with a 7-2, 7-1, 7-1 win.
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Rovers two most recent matches have yielded just one point, despite impressive displays against Watford and Peterborough.
list
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When Adobe's fonts are added to those already available in 3.1, they make an impressive list .
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I thought it was a pretty impressive list .
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It has an impressive list of collaborators and the first year's course has been fully subscribed.
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Quite an impressive list , but marked by a complete absence of public interest considerations.
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This impressive list could be quite intimidating to any executive managers faced with planning and implementing an organizational transformation.
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Deloitte has an impressive list of audit clients although its management consultancy practice is only half the size of Coopers.
performance
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Tamas Vasary, a former Northern Sinfonia director of music, conducted and secured am impressive performance .
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Gibson and Rene Russo turn out impressive performances as the distraught parents, and Sinise is appropriately evil.
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Even so, an exciting timed race around the challenging assault course on the hill produced some impressive performances .
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Full back Joe Lydon also grabbed a couple in an impressive performance .
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Despite its impressive performance , the Rover is not particularly thirsty.
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It was an impressive performance with Kasparov and Yusopov absent and Karpov arriving late.
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Many researchers who use computers are still not satisfied with this impressive performance .
range
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Orlandersmith has an impressive range , both as a writer and a performer.
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A very impressive range of innovative features certainly refresh this otherwise flat game.
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Stewarts keep an impressive range from several different producers.
record
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All in all, that makes for a fairly impressive record .
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Numerically, it was an impressive record but it did not bear too much scrutiny.
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Nineteen goals at this stage of the season, especially with a new club, is an impressive record .
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The Emperor takes personal command of his army whenever possible, and has earned himself an impressive record of victories and conquest.
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But despite his impressive record the young lion is struggling to put together a decent budget for 1991.
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In three previous qualifying rounds at Middlesbrough, Collins has an impressive record .
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Given the extent of economic deprivation, it was an impressive record .
result
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It's not quite up to the resolution of the 3.34 models but turned in some impressive results .
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Our tests on moving fish around in correctly dosed water brought impressive results .
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Some classrooms already use the system, with impressive results .
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The old chair-makers had no machinery, and they produced some pretty impressive results .
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It exudes quality and turned in some impressive results .
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Mr Mulryne, and those who think like him, maintain that selection is largely responsible for these impressive results .
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By any standards these are impressive results .
sight
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This impressive sight attracts the camera enthusiast to Swanland from where excellent photographs of the bridge can be taken.
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A shoal makes an impressive sight , especially as they are one of the few catfish active by day.
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This was the first time I actually saw him, and it was an impressive sight .
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Devlin had called her to come up quickly and see the impressive sight of Grand Harbour's floodlit fortifications in the distance.
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A considerable portion of the temple still stands and, even in its ruined condition, presents a most impressive sight .
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Even today, seven hundred years after it was built, the vast walled enclosure is still an impressive sight .
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Flat-muscled, radiating cool, relaxed strength, admittedly he was an impressive sight .
victory
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After an impressive victory at Kingston Blount last Saturday, he could win either race.
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An impressive victory at the polls provides temptations that are hard to resist.
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Meantime, Brian Bell of Bangor scored an impressive victory in the men's 100m freestyle with a time of 52.70.
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But it was a far from impressive victory .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alan Howard has been impressive in "Henry IV' at the National Theatre.
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an impressive achievement
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Lexi was an impressive dramatic actress.
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The Bruins have been impressive in their last five games.
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The rich variety of animal life we found was very impressive .
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The school's examination results were very impressive .
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You can visit the desert as part of an impressive 5-day excursion out of the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Benedict returned from each journey with impressive paintings, relics, books, and glassworks for his monasteries.
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Even so, that by-election victor, Mrs Elizabeth Shield, scored an impressive 22,449.
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External views are very impressive such as the remote target view.
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The little guy can sometimes wield the Freedom of Information Act to impressive effect.
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The results have been impressive , with 17 designated neighborhoods.