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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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South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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