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Meanings of impress in English

Portuguese
comover
Catalan
afectar
Spanish
afectar

To have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.

        comover
        Portuguese
        impressionar
        Catalan
        marcar
        Spanish
        impresionar

        Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.

              impressionar
              Portuguese
              requisação
              Catalan
              requisició

              The act of coercing someone into government service.

                    requisação
                    Portuguese
                    imprimir
                    Catalan
                    estampar
                    Spanish
                    imprimir

                    Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure.

                          imprimir
                          Usage of impress in English
                          1
                          Analysts say Pakistani groups hoping for patronage want to impress Islamic State.
                          Radio NZ
                          2
                          A paper round and an Olympic gold impress no one, he said.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          This is food for thought if you want to impress someone special.
                          The Irish Times
                          4
                          Analysts said the military offensive was probably timed to impress Mr Bush.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          The works of the great painters bear the impress of the Church.
                          The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 / A Maga...
                          6
                          The Seminary in Seir still bears the impress she stamped upon it.
                          Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
                          7
                          He's also capable of doing scarily good things that would impress anyone.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          Everywhere in New England the impress of the past is fading out.
                          An Old Town By the Sea
                          9
                          The increasing storm did not seem to impress him in the slightest.
                          A Tramp's Sketches
                          10
                          But nothing in the soul can impress a species on the senses.
                          Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
                          11
                          His promise of new cities and bullet trains didn't impress many people.
                          The South African
                          12
                          The profoundest utterances of realism do not impress it much in themselves.
                          Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
                          13
                          You must have the ambition and perception to impress the right people.
                          Navigators of Dune
                          14
                          The players know that he's not the one they need to impress.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          The map of Hieronimo de Verrazano bears the impress of the family.
                          The Voyage of Verrazzano / A Chapter in the Early History of Mar...
                          16
                          The grounds of the verdict bear the impress of a tyrannical hypocrisy.
                          A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
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