impress

About 3.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).

   You impressed me with your command of Urdu.

2. verb To make an impression; to be impressive; to arouse interest or favor.

   Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.

3. verb To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.

   We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.

4. verb To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

   He impressed his signature into the wax.

5. verb To produce a vivid impression of (something); to convince someone of one's nature.

   That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.

6. verb To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to cause someone to understand and accept something.

   You have to impress the new vocabulary into your mind.

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8. verb To transfer or transmit.

   The money was impressed into the hands of the financial ministry.

Similar words

instill affect impressment move strike print imprint shanghai ingrain yarn-dye

Often followed by

the upon of on me his them him us a

Word family

impressed impresses impressibilities impressibility impressible impressing