word-vault/dist/data/cards/im/impression.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "impression",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an idea, a feeling or an opinion that you get about somebody/something, or that somebody/something gives you",
            "sensetop": "impression that…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My **first impression** of him was favourable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **gives the impression** of being very busy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I did not **get the impression** that they were unhappy about the situation.",
                    "contextForm": "impression that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **had the impression** that it was all done in a hurry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**My impression is** that there are still a lot of problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try and smile. You don't want to **give people the wrong impression** *(= that you are not friendly)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He does not want to give a **false impression** of progress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you want to **create** the right **impression**, I suggest you wear a suit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her performance did little to change my impression of her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got the distinct impression that you disliked her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had the wrong impression about him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must correct a false impression that I gave you just now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was difficult to avoid the impression that he was assisting them for selfish reasons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was trying to maintain the impression that she was in control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book leaves you with a distorted impression of politics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The village gives a good impression of what a medieval city would have looked like."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a widespread impression that schooling needs to be improved."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distinct", "firm", "strong"],
                "verb + impression": ["form", "gain", "get"],
                "impression + verb": ["count"],
                "preposition": [
                    "under a/​the impression",
                    "impression  about",
                    "impression  as to"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the effect that an experience or a person has on somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "impression on somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You'll have to play better than that if you really want to **make an impression** *(= to make people admire you)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His trip to India **made a** strong **impression** on him.",
                    "contextForm": "impression on somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My words **made no impression** on her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole business **left a** lasting **impression** on Margaret."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new player failed to make an immediate impression on the team."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think this argument made any impression upon the brothers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The events left an indelible impression on all those who witnessed them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stillness and silence leave a deep impression on visitors."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "deep", "great"],
                "verb + impression": ["create", "leave", "make"],
                "preposition": ["impression  on", "impression  upon"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a drawing showing what a person looks like or what a place or a building will look like in the future",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is an **artist's impression** of the new stadium."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["artist’s"],
                "verb + impression": ["issue"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a clever or funny copy of the way a person acts or speaks",
            "sensetop": "impression (of somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He did an impression of the prime minister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She did her Marilyn Monroe impression."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "impersonation",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "funny"],
                "verb + impression": ["do"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an appearance that may be false",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Clever lighting creates an impression of space in a room."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a mark that is left when an object is pressed hard into a surface",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The dentist made an impression of his teeth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sealing wax bore the impression of a sailing ship."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + impression": ["bear"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "all the copies of a book that are printed at one time, with few or no changes to the contents since the last time the book was printed",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "believing, usually wrongly, that something is true or is happening",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was under the impression that the work had already been completed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soldiers scattered, under the impression that it was an enemy attack."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was under the impression that you weren't coming until tomorrow."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpreʃn/",
                "audio": "im/impression/impression__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈpreʃn/",
                "audio": "im/impression/impression__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin impressio(n-), from impress- ‘pressed in’, from the verb imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’."
}