English-Finnish translations for impress

Definition of impress

• To affect strongly and often favourably
• To make an impression, to be impressive
• To produce a vivid impression of (something
• To mark or stamp using pressure
• To produce ; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something
• To compel to serve in a military force
• To seize or confiscate by force
• The act of impressing. in which sense?--
• A stamp or seal used to make an impression
• Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp
• A heraldic device; an impresa
• The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed

Synonyms

• pressgang
• confiscate
• impound
• seize
• sequester

Examples

• You impressed me with your command of Urdu
• Henderson impressed in his first game as captain
• That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind
• We impressed our footprints in the wet cement
• The press gang used to impress people into the Navy
• The liner was impressed as a troop carrier

Related words

• impressive
• impression
• impressed
• impressionistic
• impressionism
• impressionable
• impressionability
• impressionist
• unimpressive