impress
Pronunciation
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- (noun)
- Hyphenation: im‧press
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- (transitive) If you impress someone, you make them think good things about you.
- I'm really impressed by him, particularly his speaking style.
- The photograph had impressed her so deeply that she started taking photography lessons.
- (transitive) If you impress something on someone, you stress how important it is.
- The problems impressed upon me the wisdom of getting expert advice before starting any project.
- (transitive) If you impress some marks into something, you make the marks by pushing on it.
- Scientists found objects that make interesting marks when impressed into the surface of the wet earth.