Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense imprints, present participle imprinting, past tense, past participle imprintedpronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (ɪmprɪnt). The verb is pronounced (ɪmprɪnt).
1. countable noun [usually singular]
If something leaves an imprint on a place or on your mind, it has a strong and lasting effect on it.
The city bears the imprint of Japanese investment. [+ of]
Both King and Gandhi were tremendously brave men whose unique form of courage lefta lasting imprint on their nations' histories.
[Also + on]
2. verb
When something is imprintedon your memory, it is firmly fixed in your memory so that you will not forget it.
The skyline of domes and minarets was imprinted on my memory. [beV-ed + on/in]
He repeated the names, as if to imprint them in his mind. [V n + on/in]
He could not dislodge the images imprinted on his brain. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: fix, establish, place, set More Synonyms of imprint
3. countable noun
An imprint is a mark or outline made by the pressure of one object on another.
The ground still bore the imprints of their feet. [+ of]
4. verb [usually passive]
If a surface is imprintedwith a mark or design, that mark or design is printed on the surface or pressed into it.
Stationery can be imprinted with your message or logo. [beVERB-ed + with]
They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch. [VERB-ed]
...a racket with the club's badge imprinted on the strings. [VERB-ed]
[Also V n + on]
Synonyms: engrave, print, stamp, impress More Synonyms of imprint
More Synonyms of imprint
imprint in British English
noun (ˈɪmprɪnt)
1.
a mark or impression produced by pressure, printing, or stamping
2.
a characteristic mark or indication; stamp
the imprint of great sadness on his face
3.
the publisher's name and address, usually with the date of publication, in a book, pamphlet, etc
4.
the printer's name and address on any printed matter
verb (ɪmˈprɪnt)
5.
to produce (a mark, impression, etc) on (a surface) by pressure, printing, or stamping
to imprint a seal on wax
to imprint wax with a seal
6.
to establish firmly; impress; stamp
to imprint the details on one's mind
7.
(of young animals) to undergo the process of imprinting
Derived forms
imprinter (imˈprinter)
noun
imprint in American English
(ɪmˈprɪnt; for n. ˈɪmˌprɪnt)
verb transitive
1.
to mark by or as by pressing or stamping; impress
to imprint a paper with a seal
2.
to make (a mark or impression) by pressing
3.
to press or apply
to imprint a kiss on the forehead
4.
to implant firmly in the mind or fix in the memory
with on
a sight imprinted forever on her memory
noun
5.
a mark made by imprinting
6.
a lasting effect or characteristic result
the imprint of starvation
7.
a.
a note on a book's title page or its reverse or at the end of the book, giving the publisher's or printer's name, time and place of publication, etc.
b.
the name of a publishing company
Word origin
ME emprenten < OFr empreinter < empreinte, an imprint < pp. of empreindre < L imprimere < in-, on + premere, to press1
Examples of 'imprint' in a sentence
imprint
It is always going to be a big one to try to make a lasting imprint.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Your physical flaws are imprinted in your mind.
Christianity Today (2000)
Fear is imprinted on the faces of many in the images which survive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His own books carry the imprint of their close acquaintance.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
You imply that anything in the mind of another could be imprinted in my mind?
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
How many of us can say we truly leave an imprint?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But the song is so powerfully evocative that the visuals are already imprinted on your mind.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His virtuoso performance in the semifinals had suggested the maestro would leave the sport with one last majestic imprint.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Keep on repeating them to yourself over and over again so that they become firmly imprinted in thesubconscious mind.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001)
The sound it made when loading a game from a cassette tape is imprinted in the minds of a generation.
The Sun (2014)
When these lie wet for a while on a white pavement they leave a clear imprint of their shape behind them.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It can have a lasting imprint on people's health.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Imagine it as a vivid image imprinted on your mind, like indelible ink on fabric.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For four decades the avuncular media pundit and cookery aficionado has made a unique imprint on Thai politics.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Where they lie on pavements and get wet and soft, they often leave a shadowy imprint behind them.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It imprinted in his brain.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
No one can imprint it.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
And they leave an imprint.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
His mechanics wore T-shirts designed as a tribute last night and he wore a helmet imprinted with the names of his team.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But the map of our childhood home is permanently imprinted on the brain, and what went on there is embedded in our souls.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Wrap up warm, lie in the snow and spread your legs and arms out then bring them back in to leave an angel imprint.
The Sun (2011)
If you were there, it's indelibly imprinted on your memory.
The Sun (2014)
In other languages
imprint
British English: imprint NOUN
If something leaves an imprint on a place or on your mind, it has a strong and lasting effect on it.
The city bears the imprint of foreign investment.
American English: imprint
Brazilian Portuguese: impressão
Chinese: 深远影响
European Spanish: huella
French: empreinte
German: Spuren
Italian: impronta
Japanese: 印象
Korean: 강한 영향
European Portuguese: impressão
Latin American Spanish: huella
British English: imprint VERB
When something is imprinted on your memory, it is firmly fixed in your memory so that you will not forget it.
The skyline of domes and minarets was imprinted on my memory.
American English: imprint
Brazilian Portuguese: imprimir
Chinese: 深远影响
European Spanish: grabar
French: imprimer
German: prägen
Italian: imprimere
Japanese: 脳裏に刻み込む
Korean: 강한 인상을 주다
European Portuguese: imprimir
Latin American Spanish: grabar
1 (noun)
The work had left an imprint on her vocabulary.
Synonyms
impact
They expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the country's future.
effect
The whole effect is cool, light and airy
impression
I gave no sign that his charm had made any impression on me.
2 (noun)
Definition
a mark or impression produced by pressing, printing, or stamping
the imprint of his little finger
Synonyms
mark
Each book was adorned with the publisher's mark at the bottom of the spine.
print
the unmistakable print of a bare foot in the mud
impression
the world's oldest fossil impressions of plant life
stamp
You may live only where the stamp in your passport says you may.
indentation
1 (verb)
Definition
to establish firmly
She repeated the names, as if to imprint them on her mind.
Synonyms
fix
Fix the photo to the card using double-sided tape
establish
He has established himself as a pivotal figure in US politics.
place
Chairs were placed in rows for the parents.
set
a gate set in a high wall
position
Position trailing plants near the edges of the basket.
plant
Sir Eric had evidently planted the idea in her mind.
print
install
They had installed wi-fi in the apartment.
implant
Doctors implanted an artificial heart into the 46-year-old man.
embed
The fossils are embedded in hard sandstone.
2 (verb)
Definition
to produce (a mark) by pressing, printing, or stamping
a racket with the club's badge imprinted on the strings
Synonyms
engrave
Her name was engraved on the goblet.
print
indelibly printed on his memory
stamp
‘Eat before July 14’ was stamped on the label.
impress
etch
a simple band of heavy gold etched with runes
emboss
Additional synonyms
in the sense of effect
Definition
power to influence or produce a result
The whole effect is cool, light and airy
Synonyms
impression,
feeling,
impact,
influence
in the sense of embed
Definition
to fix firmly in a surrounding solid mass
The fossils are embedded in hard sandstone.
Synonyms
fix,
set,
plant,
root,
sink,
lodge,
insert,
implant,
drive in,
dig in,
hammer in,
ram in
in the sense of establish
Definition
to become firmly associated with a particular activity or reputation
He has established himself as a pivotal figure in US politics.