impression

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Synonyms: impress on, impressio, impressive, expression, oppression, depression, ingression, repression, pression, imprecision, impressions

Antonyms: impress on, impressio, impressive, expression, oppression, depression, ingression, repression, pression, imprecision, impressions

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Noun

1. The [[indentation]] or [[depression]] made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
2. The overall [[effect]] of something, e.g., on a person.
3. A [[vague]] {{l|en|recalling}} of an [[event]], a [[belief]].
4. An [[impersonation]], an [[imitation]] of the [[mannerism]]s of another person.
5. An [[outward]] [[appearance]].
6. {{lb|en|internet}} A [[performance metric]] representing an instance where a [[post]] or [[ad]] is shown once.
7. {{lb|en|painting}} The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
8. {{lb|en|engraving}} A {{l|en|print}} on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
9. {{lb|en|philosophy}} The vivid [[perception]] of something as it is experienced, in contrast to [[idea]]s or [[thought]]s drawn from [[memory]] or the [[imagination]].
10. {{lb|en|printing}} set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.

Verb

1. To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key.

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