| NOUN | cognition | impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
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| attribute | impression, effect | an outward appearance | |
| cognition | impression, mental picture, picture | a clear and telling mental image | |
| shape | impression, depression, imprint | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing | |
| communication | impression, stamp | a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving | |
| communication | impression, printing | all the copies of a work printed at one time | |
| artifact | impression | (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster | |
| act | impression | an impressionistic portrayal of a person | |
| act | impression | the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface / surface of another |
| Sounds | ihmpreh'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. | |
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| Example | "his impression of her was favorable" | |
| Synonyms | feeling, belief, notion, opinion | |
| Narrower | effect | An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) |
| first blush | At the first glimpse or impression | |
| intuition, hunch, suspicion | An impression that something might be the case | |
| presence | The impression that something is present | |
| Broader | idea, thought | The content of cognition |
| Spanish | creencia, impresión, sentimiento | |
| Catalan | creença, impressió, sentiment | |
| Adjectives | impressionistic | of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning |
| Meaning | An outward appearance. | |
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| Synonym | effect | |
| Narrower | figure | The impression produced by a person |
| image | The general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public | |
| mark | The impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember | |
| tout ensemble | A total impression or effect of something made up of individual parts | |
| Broader | appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| Spanish | efecto, impresión | |
| Catalan | efecte, impressió | |
| Adjectives | impressionistic | of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning |
| Meaning | A clear and telling mental image. | |
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| Example | "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" | |
| Synonyms | mental picture, picture | |
| Broader | image, mental image | An iconic mental representation |
| Spanish | imagen mental, imagen, impresión | |
| Meaning | A concavity in a surface produced by pressing. | |
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| Example | "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" | |
| Synonyms | depression, imprint | |
| Narrower | crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap | A long narrow depression in a surface |
| dimple | A small natural hollow in the cheek or chin | |
| dimple | Any slight depression in a surface | |
| dip | A depression in an otherwise level surface | |
| groove, channel | A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | |
| incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent | A depression scratched or carved into a surface | |
| sag, droop | A shape that sags | |
| wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line | A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface | |
| Broader | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | A shape that curves or bends inward |
| Spanish | impresión, marca | |
| Catalan | emprempta, impressió, marca | |
| Meaning | A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving. | |
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| Synonym | stamp | |
| Narrower | imprint, embossment | An impression produced by pressure or printing |
| seal | A stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it) | |
| Broader | symbol | An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance |
| Spanish | sello | |
| Catalan | segell | |
| Meaning | All the copies of a work printed at one time. | |
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| Synonym | printing | |
| Category | printing, printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
| Narrower | edition | The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published |
| mackle | A printed impression that is blurred or doubled | |
| proof, test copy, trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors | |
| Broader | publication | A copy of a printed work offered for distribution |
| Spanish | edición, impresión | |
| Catalan | edició, impressió | |
| Meaning | (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster. | |
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| Example | "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay" | |
| Category | dentistry, dental medicine, odontology | The branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth |
| Broader | imprint | A device produced by pressure on a surface |
| Spanish | impresión | |
| Meaning | An impressionistic portrayal of a person. | |
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| Example | "he did a funny impression of a politician" | |
| Broader | portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation | Acting the part of a character on stage |
| Catalan | impressió | |
| Adjectives | impressionistic | relating to or characteristic of Impressionism |
| impressionistic | of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning | |
| Meaning | The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface / surface of another. | |
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| Example | "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax" | |
| Broader | press, pressure, pressing | The act of pressing |
| Verbs | impress | mark or stamp with or as if with pressure |
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