Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Making a strong positive impression; inspiring admiration or awe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In psychology, directed inward; producing an internal effect, or carrying a meaning for the subject of the experience: opposed to expressive. See
method of expression . - Making or tending to make an impression; having the power of affecting or of exciting attention and feeling; adapted to touch the feelings or the conscience: as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
- Capable of being impressed; susceptible; impressible.
- Synonyms Moving, stirring, affecting, touching, powerful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience
- adjective obsolete Capable of being impressed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
- adjective Capable of being impressed.
- adjective appealing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective producing a strong effect
- adjective making a strong or vivid impression
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Examples
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On the call, the British officers discussed efforts to assist U.S. investigations into hackers, some of whom are also facing charges in the U.K. They discussed what they described as impressive investigative work to recover data from hard drives of suspects.
Hackers Intercept FBI Call With U.K. Evan Perez 2012
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Boston College may be undefeated so far this year, but it's hard to gauge exactly how good the Eagles are heading into Saturday's ACC opener against Virginia Tech. Triumphs over Weber State and Kent State aren't exactly what you call impressive nonconference wins.
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In an interview, Lisa Bacus, American Family's VP-Marketing, said Ogilvy won the account, in part, because of what she described as impressive proprietary research into insurance consumers.
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In an interview, Lisa Bacus, American Family's VP-Marketing, said Ogilvy won the account, in part, because of what she described as impressive proprietary research into insurance consumers.
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I'm sure if some uber-Lord of the Rings or Godfather fans decided to reenact something from one of the movies you'd call it "impressive" or at the very least "geeky,"
/Film Readers Invited to Partake in “Project Bueller” NYC Parade | /Film 2008
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They took game two of the National League Championship series in impressive fashion, beating the San Francisco Giants six to one.
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They took game two of the National League Championship series in impressive fashion, beating the San Francisco Giants six to one.
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They took game two of the National League Championship series in impressive fashion, beating the San Francisco Giants six to one.
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More impressive is that she must have known who you were to beckon you over!
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Ollie Rulz! 2010
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As I see it, the economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth.
The Difference between Theory and Practice « Beki's Blog (there's an original name) 2010
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