a bad/negative impression Arriving late for an interview gives a very negative impression. adjectives a good/positive impression He was keen to make a good impression on his boss. get an impression What sort of impression did you get of the city? leave an impression on somebody (=make someone remember a person, place, or thing ) Janet certainly left an impression on him. create an impression ( also convey an impression formal ) Arriving late won’t create a very good impression. give an impression Her speech definitely gave the impression that she was enthusiastic about the project. 6 TCN all the copies of a book printed at one time → edition COLLOCATIONS verbs make an impression Think about what sort of impression you want to make. 4 a picture or drawing of what someone or something might look like, or what something will look like in the future impression of an artist’s impression of the new building 5 a mark left by pressing something into a soft surface Some of the fallen trees had left a clear impression in the hardened mud. impression of What was your impression of Roger? ► see thesaurus at idea 2 → be under the impression (that) 3 IMITATE if you do an impression of a famous person, you copy their speech or behaviour in order to make people laugh SYN imitation Jean does a great impression of Madonna. I got the impression that she wasn't very happy with her job. ○ S3 W2 noun 1 SEEM the opinion or feeling you have about someone or something because of the way they seem When we looked around the school we got a very good impression.Impressively impressionistically From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing impression im‧pres‧sion / ɪmˈpreʃ ən / Impressionable impressive ≠ unimpressive impressionistic unimpressed Impression impressionism impressionist impressiveness
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