Definition of impression

• n. - The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
• n. - That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
• n. - That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
• n. - Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
• n. - An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
• n. - Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
• n. - The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.
• n. - In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
• n. - A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.