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DictionaryRoot: premere
Latin

premere

press

Forms

  • premere
  • press- — The changed form used for completed action and its derivatives.
  • -prim- — The vowel changed in some Latin compounds.

Origin

An inherited Latin verb with older Indo-European ancestry; the exact earliest reconstruction is uncertain.

Note

Physical pressure supplied a natural model for restraint, expression, and compression.

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noun

impression

im-PRESH-uhn/ɪmˈpreʃn/

A mark left by contact with a surface.

The boot leaves a deep impression in the soft clay.

A muddy hiking boot lifts above the tread impression it has pressed into soft clay.
Etymology
imLatinin, into, on, upon
+pressLatinpress
+ionLatinan action, process, or result

An impression is figuratively a mark pressed into the mind by something outside it. The physical image of a stamped mark thus connects to an idea, feeling, or effect left by an experience.

In context

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When you give the impression that you are constantly in demand, that your time is precious and that you have a full plate, people naturally perceive you as more important
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More examples

  • The stamp leaves a clear impression in the wax.
  • The dentist takes an impression of my teeth.
  • Tiny leaf impressions cover the surface of the rock.

Forms

impression · impressions

impress verb — To press a mark into a surface.

Similar words

imprint
Emphasizes a recognizable pattern left by pressure or contact.
indentation
Specifically a dent or hollow pressed into a surface.