Connotation and Impression

noun

• What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
  • synonyms: intension
• An idea that is implied or suggested. .

(n.) The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

noun

• A vague idea in which some confidence is placed.
  • usage: "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
  • synonyms: feeling, belief, notion, opinion
• An outward appearance.
  • usage: "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
  • synonyms: effect
• A clear and telling mental image.
  • usage: "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"
  • synonyms: mental picture, picture
• A concavity in a surface produced by pressing.
  • usage: "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
  • synonyms: depression, imprint
• A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving.
  • usage: "he put his stamp on the envelope"
  • synonyms: stamp
• All the copies of a work printed at one time.
  • usage: "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
  • synonyms: printing
• Dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster. (
  • usage: "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"
• An impressionistic portrayal of a person.
  • usage: "he did a funny impression of a politician"
• The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another.
  • usage: "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"

• (n.) Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
• (n.) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate or the like.
• (n.) In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
• (n.) That which impresses or exercises an effect, action or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
• (n.) An indistinct notion, remembrance or belief.
• (n.) Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
• (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing or the whole edition printed at a given time.
• (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
• (n.) The act of impressing or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style or character, by external force or by influence.