impressionnoun
uk/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/impression noun (OPINION)
B2 [ C ] an idea or opinion of what something or someone is like:
B2 to think that something is true, especially when it is not:
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- You'll get a false impression of the town if you only visit the university.
- My general impression of the place was good.
- His helpfulness today has made me revise my original impression of him.
- You don't want to convey the impression that we're not interested.
- I was under the erroneous impression that they were married.
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- notion
- stand
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
- youth culture
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impression noun (EFFECT)
B2 [ S ] the way that something seems, looks, or feels to a particular person:
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- It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client.
- She made a very favourable impression on us.
- In his 20 years working for the company, Joe Pearson made an indelible impression on it.
- Did any of your teachers make a lasting impression on you?
- Paul is Mister Big in our department, so it's important to make a good impression on him.
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Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come
- come across
- come over
- face
- outward
- paper
- persona
- prima facie
- purport
- putative
- reportedly
- so-called
- sound
- supposed
- supposedly
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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impression noun (COPY)
[ C ] an attempt at copying another person's manner and speech, etc., especially in order to make people laugh:
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Copying and copies
- ape
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- imitate
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- leaf
- lift
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- replicate
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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impression noun (MARK)
[ C ] a mark made on the surface of something by pressing an object onto it:
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Holes, hollows and dips
- aperture
- cleft
- cranny
- dent
- depression
- dimple
- dip
- donga
- eyehole
- intake
- orifice
- pinhole
- pit
- porosity
- porous
- puncture
- riddled
- semipermeable
- tear 1
- wormhole
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impression noun (BOOKS)
[ C usually singular ] UK US printing all the copies of a book that have been printed at the same time without any changes being made:
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- italics
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- roman
- sans serif
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