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# impress

verb (impress, impresses, impressed, impressing); noun (an impress — rare)

«impress» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To impress someone is to make them admire you or feel strongly that something is very good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m1)
2. To impress something on someone is to make them understand clearly how important it is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m2)
3. To impress a mark or pattern is to press it into something soft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m3)
4. (history) To impress men was to force them to serve in the navy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m4)
5. If someone is impressed by an argument or reason, it has persuaded or moved them to agree or change their mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children try to impress friends, teachers or judges; in stories a character impresses the king with a clever answer. Parents impress on children the importance of road safety. Phrases: «be impressed by», «impress on», «try to impress», «make an impression».

### Examples

- She impressed the judges with her singing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x1)
- I was really impressed by your story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x2)
- He tried to impress his friends by doing a wheelie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x3)
- Mum impressed on us that we must never talk to strangers online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x4)
- We impressed leaves into the clay to make patterns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x5)
- The new pupil's maths impressed the whole class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x6)
- In old times, sailors were impressed into the navy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x7)
- The King, impressed by these considerations, promised that he would think over the matter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: impressed, impressing. Nouns: «impression», «impressiveness»; adjective «impressive». «Impressed by» or «impressed with» both work. Trap: trying too hard to impress can make you look silly.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Sefer Yetzirah it means to stamp or engrave, as the letters are said to be formed by voice and breath.

**Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that God made the world with the twenty-two Hebrew letters, which are "engraved" and "carved" like a seal into reality.

### Examples

- And this is the impress of the whole, twenty-one letters, all from one the Aleph. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impress/#x1)
- Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impress/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb: impressed, impressing. Nouns: «impression», «impressiveness»; adjective «impressive». «Impressed by» or «impressed with» both work. Trap: trying too hard to impress can make you look silly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «impress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/impress.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «impress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/impress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«impress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impress.html) on Mova free.