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Impress: Meaning, Examples, and Usage Guide (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：make someone feel admiration (impress)

impress 🔊

/ɪmˈpres/

vt.

To make someone feel admiration for you by doing something well or showing a good quality.

Impress meaning: confident speaker gaining admiration from audience

make someone feel admiration 🔊

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/meɪk ˈsʌmwʌn fiːl ˌædməˈreɪʃən/

vt.

To cause someone to feel respect or admiration for you because of your qualities or actions.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'im-' (into) + 'premere' (to press), meaning to press into, leaving a mark.

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'im' (in) + 'press' (push) → push an idea into someone's mind so it stays.

📖 Example

She impressed the judges with her confident speech during the competition. 🔊 She made the judges feel admiration for her with her confident speech during the competition.

🔗 Collocations

impress someone with something – to make someone admire you by showing a skill or quality

be impressed by/with – to feel admiration for someone or something

impress the audience – to make the audience feel admiration

🔄 Synonyms

awe (vt.) – to fill with awe or admiration

dazzle (vt.) – to impress greatly with brilliance or skill

inspire (vt.) – to fill with the urge to do something creative or admirable

🚫 Antonyms

disappoint (vt.) – to fail to meet expectations, causing dissatisfaction

bore (vt.) – to cause to feel weary by being dull

repel (vt.) – to cause aversion or disgust

🌱 Derivatives

impression (n.) – an idea, feeling, or opinion about something

impressive (adj.) – evoking admiration through size, quality, or skill

impressed (adj.) – feeling admiration and respect

📖 Cultural Story

From Latin 'impressus', past participle of 'imprimere' (to press into). Ancient Romans pressed seals into wax to leave a permanent mark. This literal meaning evolved into the figurative sense of leaving a lasting mental impact.

Meaning 2：emphasize or instill firmly (impress)

impress 🔊

/ɪmˈpres/

vt.

To make someone understand or remember something important clearly and for a long time.

Impress meaning: elderly person teaching child with lasting impact

emphasize or instill firmly 🔊

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/ˈemfəsaɪz ɔːr ɪnˈstɪl ˈfɜːrmli/

vt.

To make someone understand or remember something clearly and permanently, often through repetition or emphasis.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

My father always tried to impress upon me the importance of honesty. 🔊 My father always tried to make me clearly understand the importance of honesty.

🔗 Collocations

impress upon someone something – to make someone understand the importance of something

impress on someone – to emphasize something to someone

be impressed on one's mind – to be firmly fixed in one's memory

🔄 Synonyms

emphasize (vt.) – to give special importance to something

instill (vt.) – to gradually establish an idea or feeling in someone's mind

inculcate (vt.) – to teach someone something persistently so that it becomes part of their thinking

🚫 Antonyms

ignore (vt.) – to refuse to pay attention to something

neglect (vt.) – to fail to give proper care or attention

forget (vt.) – to fail to remember

🌱 Derivatives

impression (n.) – a mark or effect produced on the mind

impressive (adj.) – making a strong impact on the mind

impressed (adj.) – having a clear and lasting memory of something