/ ɪmˈpreʃn; NAmE / noun
IDEA / OPINION
1.
impression (of sb/sth) | impression (that ... ) an idea, a feeling or an opinion that you get about sb/sth, or that sb/sth gives you :
a general / an overall impression
to get a good / bad impression of sb/sth
an initial / a lasting impression
My first impression of him was favourable.
I did not get the impression that they were unhappy about the situation.
My impression is that there are still a lot of problems.
She gives the impression of being very busy.
Try and smile. You don't want to give people the wrong impression (= that you are not friendly) .
EFFECT
2.
impression (on sb) the effect that an experience or a person has on sb/sth :
a big impression
His trip to India made a strong impression on him.
You'll have to play better than that if you really want to make an impression (= to make people admire you) .
My words made no impression on her.
DRAWING
3.
a drawing showing what a person looks like or what a place or a building will look like in the future :
This is an artist's impression of the new stadium.
AMUSING COPY OF SB
4.
impression (of sb) an amusing copy of the way a person acts or speaks
SYN impersonation :
He did his impression of Tom Hanks.
FALSE APPEARANCE
5.
an appearance that may be false :
Clever lighting creates an impression of space in a room.
MARK
6.
a mark that is left when an object is pressed hard into a surface
BOOK
7.
all the copies of a book that are printed at one time, with few or no changes to the contents since the last time the book was printed
—compare edition
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IDIOMS
- (be) under the impression that ...
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : via Old French from Latin impressio(n-) , from impress- pressed in, from the verb imprimere , from in- into + premere to press.