Dic: impress (as a verb)

• What impressed him most was their speed.
• Cannon's film impresses on many levels.
• I was very impressed by one young man at my lectures.
• I had always impressed upon the children that if they worked hard they would succeed in life.
• I've impressed upon them the need for more professionalism.
• I impressed on him what a huge honour he was being offered.
• But this change has not yet impressed itself on the minds of the British public.
• Billy Sullivan had impressed me as a fine man.

1. VERB | If something impresses you, you feel great admiration for it.
2. VERB | If you impress something on someone, you make them understand its importance or degree.
3. VERB | If something impresses itself on your mind, you notice and remember it.
4. VERB | If someone or something impresses you as a particular thing, usually a good one, they gives you the impression of being that thing.

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