imprint
To leave a print, impression, image, etcTo leave a print, impression, image, etc.
» His idea was imprinted on my mind.
Его идея оставила отпечаток в моей голове.
Meaning
3 sensesTo leave a print, impression, image, etc.
For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
einprägen, abdrucken, aufdrucken
отпечататьotpečatatʹ
To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents — including humans doing wildlife rescue!
To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
Examples
7 sentencesHis idea was imprinted on my mind.
ruЕго идея оставила отпечаток в моей голове.
Gabriel's handprint was imprinted on the back window.
Gustavo's footsteps left imprints in the soft earth of the woods.
Ziri saw the imprint of a large animal lying in the snow.
I may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.
deIch könnte in ein Land vorstoßen, das noch nie von einem Menschen betreten worden ist.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past particFrom Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
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Forms
imprints, imprinting, imprinted, imprintedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
10 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