impression

impression
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. printing, engraving, mark, stamp; dent; opinion, feeling; inkling, suspicion. See belief, sensibility.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An imprint]
Syn. print, footprint, fingerprint, dent, mold, indentation, depression, impress, mark, cast, form, track, spoor, pattern, matrix; see also mark 1 .
2. [An effect]
Syn. response, consequence, reaction; see impact 2 , result .
3. [A notion based on scanty evidence]
Syn. theory, conjecture, supposition, idea; see guess , hypothesis , opinion 1 .
See Synonym Study at idea .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. effect influence, mark, impact, feeling.
2. feeling notion, sense, inkling, hunch, idea, suspicion, belief, sensation, perception.
3. imprint dent, indentation, stamp, mold, engraving, mark.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The strong effect exerted by one person or thing on another: force, impact, influence, repercussion. See AFFECT. 2. The character projected or given by someone to the public: appearance, image. See SURFACE. 3. Intuitive cognition: feeling, hunch, idea, intuition, suspicion. See THOUGHTS. 4. The visible effect made on a surface by pressure: impress, imprint, indent, indentation, mark, print, stamp. See MARKS. 5. The entire number of copies of a publication printed from a single typesetting: printing. See WORDS.

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