(v. t.) To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
(v. t.) To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
(v. t.) Fig.: To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
(n.) To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
(v. i.) To be impressed; to rest.
(n.) The act of impressing or making.
(n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.
(n.) Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
(n.) A device. See Impresa.
(n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, the guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate accumulation response was less impressive in glomeruli than the guanylate cyclase response in IMCD tissue.
(2) Of all materials evaluated, Xantopren Blue and Silene silicone impression materials provided the best results in vivo.
(3) During the interview process, nurse applicants frequently inquire about the availability of such a program and have been very favorably impressed when we have been able to offer them this approach to orientation.
(4) Nwakali, an attacking midfielder, was the player of the Under-17 World Cup in Chile last year, which Nigeria won, and at which his team-mate Chukwueze, a winger, also impressed.
(5) Ketazolam was found to be significantly better than placebo in alleviating anxiety and its concomitant symptomatology as measured by the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, three Physician's Global Impressions, two Patient's Global Impressions, and three Target Symptoms.
(6) Personal experience is recorded with two cases and the positive impressions of this operation.
(7) His words surprised some because of an impression that the US was unwilling to talk about these issues.
(8) It’s the small margins that have cost us.” There is more to it than that, of course, and Rooney gave the impression he had been hard on himself since the Uruguay game.
(9) The most reproducible instrument was the combination of Regisil, an elastic impression material, and a Rinn XCP bite block.
(10) (4) Electrical stimulation by cutaneous devices or implants can give much benefit to some patients in whom other methods have failed and there are indications, not only from anecdote and clinical impression but also now from experimental physiology, that it may benefit by mechanisms of interaction at the first sensory synapse.
(11) This is what we hope is the best golf tournament in the world, one of the greatest sporting events, and I think we will have a very impressive audience and have another great champion to crown this year."
(12) The orchestrated round of warnings from the Obama administration did not impress a coterie of senior Republicans who were similarly paraded on the talk shows, blaming the White House for having brought the country to the brink of yet another "manufactured crisis".
(13) Systolic time intervals measured after profuse sweating can give a false impression of cardiac function.
(14) Watford’s front two have impressed with their hard work, their technical quality and their interplay – a classic strike duo.
(15) The author differentiates between two modes of perception, one is the "expressive" mode, stabilizing and aiming at constancy, the other is the "impressive" mode, penetrating the self and aiming at identification with the percept.
(16) The results obtained by combined superficial freezing and intralesional stibogluconate injection were much more impressive than those obtained by each of the two modalities when used alone.
(17) Findings and impressions of a member of a British medical support group who toured the health services in newly independent Mozambique in September 1975.
(18) Forty impressions were poured with the disinfectant dental stone and a similar number were poured with a comparable, nondisinfectant stone.
(19) Our older population is the most impressive, self-sacrificing and imaginative part of our entire community.
(20) Two recently reported large scale clinical surveys support the impression that the new non-ionic low osmolality iodinated radiographic contrast media are indeed significantly safer for intravascular use than conventional agents.
Razzmatazz
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) For all the media razzmatazz, the big economic decisions and announcements are almost always made elsewhere.
(2) Today saw the largest military parade that North Korea has ever witnessed: a blend of sheer force and razzmatazz.
(3) Reputations riding on the iPhone 6 Amid all the razzmatazz of Apple's latest launch – including a live performance from U2, and iTunes account holders receiving the band's new album whether they wanted it or not – it is easy to forget that the success of the iPhone 6 and Watch is crucial for its chief executive, Tim Cook, and highly paid retail guru, Angela Ahrendts.
(4) Dein was fascinated by the high-rolling razzmatazz of American sport and frustrated by the endless sub-committees of the Football League, the competition to which his club then belonged.
(5) It was difficult to think of another FA Cup final when the winning manager has been condemned so quickly and, if that will be remembered as an embarrassment for United, there was an awkward sub-plot for the Football Association as well, bearing in mind the ridiculous razzmatazz that preceded the game.
(6) "We didn't go pink and we didn't want razzmatazz," said Annette Phillips, superintendent registrar.
(7) Razzmatazz and balloons is not going to be the mood at the next election.
(8) It seems in keeping with his film-making style that there is no razzmatazz about Thin Man Films’s headquarters.
(9) The conference slogan will be “Straight talking, honest politics” – an echo of the Corbyn leadership campaign in which he shunned razzmatazz in favour of hundreds of unrehearsed and often unscripted speeches.
(10) Barron Trump, 10, joined his father, Donald, and mother Melania, at the noisy, razzmatazz climax of the Republican national convention in Cleveland, his parents keeping a protective hand on him as rock music blared and the arena erupted.
(11) Their continuation suggests next year's Oscars will maintain the air of showbiz razzmatazz that saw a number of old-school song and dance numbers, as well as Theron and Channing Tatum's elegant waltz.
(12) Bolland suggests that M&S has avoided these disasters because of the strong sourcing policies of Plan A, which was billed as costing £200m over five years when it launched in January 2007 with typical Rose razzmatazz , but has since saved the company £320m.
(13) Amid the razzmatazz of Geneva, much of the talk on the sidelines among European manufacturers will be how to take capacity out of an industry that is suffering from a severe production glut.
(14) Tony Smythe has no doubt what his father would think of the modern Everest scene, and the fight that took place on the mountain this spring : "He would have been horrified by the whole thing – the razzmatazz and the vast numbers going up there.
(15) What’s the point hanging around for the fight when he can fight [Juan Manuel] Márquez, [Brandon] Rios or [Keith] Thurman.” The rumbling, velvet tones of the MC, Michael Buffer, welcomed the home favourite to the ring with unmistakable razzmatazz and, having taken the measure of his man with the jab in round one, Brook set about unravelling Dan’s evening in the next round.
(16) In contrast to Yes Scotland’s razzmatazz, the Better Together launch at Napier University’s futuristic silver auditorium at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh a month later was a far more sober affair.