imprint
noun/ˈɪmprɪnt/
/ˈɪmprɪnt/
- imprint (of something) (in/on something) a mark made by pressing something onto a surface
- the imprint of a foot in the sand
- The blow made a sharp imprint on the skin.
Extra Examples- The ceramics bore the imprint of Luca della Robbia.
- Their products bear the imprint of a Japanese design.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- indelible
- lasting
- permanent
- …
- bear
- leave
- make
- …
- imprint on
- imprint upon
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- [usually singular] imprint (of something) (on somebody/something) (formal) the lasting effect that a person or an experience has on a place or a situation
- Colonialism has left an indelible imprint on the island.
- The sinister atmosphere of the place left an indelible imprint on my memory.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- indelible
- lasting
- permanent
- …
- bear
- leave
- make
- …
- imprint on
- imprint upon
- (specialist) the name of the publisher of a book, usually printed below the title on the first page; a brand name under which books are published
- They publish under several imprints.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as emprint): from Old French empreinter, based on Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.
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