Meaning

3 senses
  1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.

    Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand.

    The packaging requires an imprint on three of its sides.

    Gepräge, Abdruck, Aufdruck

    отпеча́токotpečátok

    an impression produced by pressure or printing

  2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands.

    Near-synonyms: colophon, imprimatur

    Each of the Big Five publishers has many imprints; for example, the imprints of Penguin Random House include Crown, DK, and Knopf Doubleday.

    Impressum

    an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page

  3. A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo.

    Near-synonyms: imprimatur, hallmark

    The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

    Gepräge, Aufdruck

    a distinctive influence

Examples

7 sentences
  1. His idea was imprinted on my mind.

    ruЕго идея оставила отпечаток в моей голове. — odexed

  2. Gabriel's handprint was imprinted on the back window.

  3. Gustavo's footsteps left imprints in the soft earth of the woods.

  4. Ziri saw the imprint of a large animal lying in the snow.

  5. 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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an impression; the mark left behind by printing something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
an impression; the mark left behind by printing something:
the name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc:

Origin

From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

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Forms

plural: imprints
Singularimprint
Pluralimprints

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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