1. (

• impression ,
• feeling ,
• belief ,
• notion ,
• opinion ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• impression ,
• effect

) 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" ;

3. (

• mental_picture ,
• picture ,
• impression ,

) 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" ;

4. (

• depression ,
• impression ,
• imprint

) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" ;

5. (

• stamp ,
• impression

) a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope" ;

6. (

• impression ,
• printing ,

) all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" ;

7. (

• impression

) (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay" ;

8. (

• impression

) an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" ;

9. (

• impression ,

) the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax" ;