impression

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Moreover the impression was a simple one, not involving much subordinate detail; we have in this case, therefore, an example of the most lasting kind of impression that can be made by a single unrepeated event.

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  1. noun An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience.
  2. noun A vague notion, remembrance, or belief: I have the impression that we have met once before.
  3. noun A mark produced on a surface by pressure.

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  • At length the impression was again begun, and the progress of it became more rapid than ever, without my knowing for what reason it had been suspended. —  The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Entire
  • In fact, my impression was they seemed almost keen to discard it and assume the mantle of favourites. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • Hang on, I admit I haven't been to any conventions, but my impression is there are a lot of female extreme Star Trek fans out there.
  • The part of the cylinder which made the impression was a little larger in diameter than the remainder, the low portion giving the necessary room for the type-bed to return without touching it. —  The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
  • What deepened this impression was the obvious bias of the federal judges and the partisanship of the juries, which it was alleged were packed by the prosecution With one accord Republican editors lifted up their voices in defense of freedom of speech, never losing from view, however, the political possibilities of the situation. —  Union and Democracy
 

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  1. from Middle English impressioun, from Old French (also F.) impression = Provencal empressio = Spanish impresion = Portuguese impressão = Italian impressione, from Latin impression(n-), inpressio(n-), a pressing into, impression, assault, from imprimere, inprimere, past participle impressus, inpressus, press in or into: see impress.
 

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/ɪmˈprɛʃən/
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