[, souda (P); soudesu (P)] (int) (1) that is so; that is right; it looks to me; I am of the impression; (2) people say that (after plain verb, adj); it is said that; I hear that; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Impression \Im*pres"sion\, n. [F. impression, L. impressio.]
1. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed;
the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character,
by external force or by influence.
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2. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation;
sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
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The stamp and clear impression of good sense.
--Cowper.
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To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must
spin, we must weave, we must build. --Barrow.
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3. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or
agency; appearance; phenomenon. [Obs.]
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Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the
air. --Milton.
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A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven.
--Holland.
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4. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence,
interest, concern. --Reid.
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His words impression left. --Milton.
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Such terrible impression made the dream. --Shak.
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I have a father's dear impression,
And wish, before I fall into my grave,
That I might see her married. --Ford.
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5. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
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6. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
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Which must be read with an impression. --Milton.
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7. (Print.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the
result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a
heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a
single copy as the result of printing, or the whole
edition printed at a given time; as, a copy from the fifth
impression.
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Ten impressions which his books have had. --Dryden.
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8. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in
house painting and the like. [R.]
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9. (Engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal
plate, or the like.
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{Proof impression}, one of the early impressions taken from
an engraving, before the plate or block is worn.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impression
n 1: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his
impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings
about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his
sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" [syn:
{impression}, {feeling}, {belief}, {notion}, {opinion}]
2: an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted
to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold
effect in her reproductions of the original painting" [syn:
{impression}, {effect}]
3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental
picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of
himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent
impression in his mind" [syn: {mental picture}, {picture},
{impression}]
4: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn:
{depression}, {impression}, {imprint}]
5: a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put
his stamp on the envelope" [syn: {stamp}, {impression}]
6: all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off
an initial printing of 2000 copies" [syn: {impression},
{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: an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny
impression of a politician"
9: the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of
another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot
wax"
From French-English Freedict dictionary [fd-fra-eng]:
impression [ɛ̃prɛsjõ]
effect; impression
impression
print; imprint
printed matter
trace; track
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