impress
To affect strongly and often favourablyTo affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
» I'm very impressed by your work.
Ich bin von deiner Arbeit sehr beeindruckt.
Я очень впечатлён твоей работой.
Я очень впечатлён вашей работой.
Я нахожусь под большим впечатлением от вашей работы.
Я нахожусь под большим впечатлением от твоей работы.
Я дуже вражений вашою роботою.
Я дуже вражений твоєю роботою.
Я під сильним враженням від вашої роботи.
Я під сильним враженням від твоєї роботи.
Meaning
10 senses(transitive)To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
You impressed me with your command of Urdu.
beeindrucken
производи́ть впечатле́ниеproizvodítʹ vpečatlénije, произвести́ впечатле́ниеproizvestí vpečatlénije, импонироватьimponirovatʹ
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
(intransitive, transitive)To make an impression; to be impressive; to arouse interest or favor.
Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.
(transitive)To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.
Then he impresses the die into the clay to produce a design on the surface.
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
(transitive)To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
He impressed his signature into the wax.
(figuratively, intransitive, reflexive, transitive)To produce a vivid impression of (something); to convince someone of one's nature.
That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.
I will impress the schedule upon her.
впечатлятьvpečatljatʹ
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
(figuratively, transitive)To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to cause someone to understand and accept something.
You have to impress the new vocabulary into your mind.
She is impressing the rules onto the students.
(transitive)To transfer or transmit.
The money was impressed into the hands of the financial ministry.
His actions impress a message of selfishness to us all.
To transfer or transmit.
(figuratively, transitive)To transfer voltage onto metalwork through induced or capacitative processes.
This process will impress voltage into the metal.
(transitive)To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.
To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
(historical, transitive)To seize or confiscate (property) by force, especially for military use.
The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.
Examples
1266 sentencesI'm very impressed by your work.
Я дуже вражений вашою роботою.
ruЯ очень впечатлён твоей работой.
deIch bin von deiner Arbeit sehr beeindruckt.
Tom was quite impressed by Mary.
Том був сильно вражений Мері.
I don't think I impressed Tom.
Не думаю, що я вразив Тома.
ruНе думаю, что я произвёл на Тома впечатление.
Do you think Tom was impressed?
Гадаєш, Том був уражений?
I think that Tom was impressed.
Гадаю, Том був вражений.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimeFrom 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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Forms
impresses, impressing, impressed, impressedSynonyms
22 synonyms- dye (fabric) before it is spun:yarn-dye
- produce or try to produce a vivid impression of:ingraininstill
- mark or stamp with or as if with pressure:imprint
- take (someone) against their will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship:shanghai
- reproduce by printing:print
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon:affectmovestrike
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- was impressed by
- trying to impress
- was very impressed
- would be impressed
- will be impressed
- impressed by what
- was impressed with
- very impressed by
- impressed by that
- wanted to impress
- impressed by how
- very impressed with