1. An outward appearance
   "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success";
   - effect
    
2. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed
   "his impression of her was favourable";
   - feeling, belief, notion, opinion
    
3. The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
   "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"
    
4. A concavity in a surface produced by pressing
   "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud";
   - depression, imprint
    
5. A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
   "The letterpress left a deep impression on the paper";
   - stamp
    
6. (printing) all the copies of a work printed at one time
   "they ran off an initial impression of 2000 copies";
   - printing
    
7. (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
   "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
    
8. A clear and telling mental image
   "the events left a permanent impression in his mind";
   - mental picture, picture
    
9. An impressionistic portrayal of a person
   "he did a funny impression of a politician"

Derived forms: impressions

Type of: appearance, characterization, concave shape, concavity, enactment, idea, image, imprint, incurvation, incurvature, mental image, personation, portrayal, press, pressing, pressure, publication, symbol, thought, visual aspect

Encyclopedia: Impression, soleil levant