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Meaning of impression

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  impression
      n 1: 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" [syn:
           {impression}, {feeling}, {belief}, {notion}, {opinion}]
      2: 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" [syn:
         {impression}, {effect}]
      3: 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" [syn: {mental picture}, {picture},
         {impression}]
      4: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
         impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn:
         {depression}, {impression}, {imprint}]
      5: a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put
         his stamp on the envelope" [syn: {stamp}, {impression}]
      6: all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off
         an initial printing of 2000 copies" [syn: {impression},
         {printing}]
      7: (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or
         plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing
         an inlay"
      8: an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny
         impression of a politician"
      9: the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of
         another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot
         wax"

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