impress
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
Verb 4 meanings
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
“You impressed me with your command of Urdu.”
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
“We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.”
To transfer or transmit.
“The money was impressed into the hands of the financial ministry.”
To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
“The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.”
Noun 4 meanings
The act of impressing.
An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
Etymology
From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”).
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IMPRESS at a glance
IMPRESS has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (I 1 + M 3 + P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,809 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with impress
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- EMPRESS11
- IMPRESA11
- IMPRESE11
- IMPREST11
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