impression

Meanings

Noun

• The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
• The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
• A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
• An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
• An outward appearance.
• An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once.
• The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
• A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
• The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.

Verb

• To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key.

Origin

• From Old French impression, from Latin impressio.