imprint

verb

/ɪmˈprɪnt/

[often passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they imprint	/ɪmˈprɪnt/ /ɪmˈprɪnt/
he / she / it imprints	/ɪmˈprɪnts/ /ɪmˈprɪnts/
past simple imprinted	/ɪmˈprɪntɪd/ /ɪmˈprɪntɪd/
past participle imprinted	/ɪmˈprɪntɪd/ /ɪmˈprɪntɪd/
-ing form imprinting	/ɪmˈprɪntɪŋ/ /ɪmˈprɪntɪŋ/

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to have a great effect on something so that it cannot be forgotten, changed, etc.
- imprint A in/on B The terrible scenes were indelibly imprinted on his mind.
- He imprints his own personal style on his work.
- imprint B with A His work is imprinted with his own personal style.
to print or press a mark or design onto a surface
- imprint A in/on B Their footprints were imprinted in the snow.
- imprint B with A clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams

Word Originlate Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.

noun

/ˈɪmprɪnt/

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imprint (of something) (in/on something) a mark made by pressing something onto a surface
- the imprint of a foot in the sand
- The blow made a sharp imprint on the skin.
Extra Examples
- The ceramics bore the imprint of Luca della Robbia.
- Their products bear the imprint of Japanese design.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- indelible
- lasting
- permanent
- …
verb + imprint
- bear
- leave
- make
- …
preposition
- imprint on
- imprint upon
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[usually singular] imprint (of something) (on somebody/something) (formal) the lasting effect that a person or an experience has on a place or a situation
- Colonialism has left an indelible imprint on the island.
- The sinister atmosphere of the place left an indelible imprint on my memory.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- indelible
- lasting
- permanent
- …
verb + imprint
- bear
- leave
- make
- …
preposition
- imprint on
- imprint upon
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(specialist) the name of the publisher of a book, usually printed below the title on the first page; a brand name under which books are published
- They publish under several imprints.

Word Originlate Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.