impress
/ɪmˈpɹɛs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.93 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
Transitive verb
verb
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
verb
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
Transitive verb
verb
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
Transitive verb
verb
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "You impressed me with your command of Urdu."
- "Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected."
- "Okay, so you're a rocket scientist / That don't impress me much"
- "Henderson impressed in his first game as captain."
- "Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority."
- "We impressed our footprints in the wet cement."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress 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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: impressen, impressus