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# impress

«impress» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make them admire you or feel strongly that something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (impress, impresses, impressed, impressing); noun (an impress — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To impress someone is to make them admire you or feel strongly that something is very good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m1)

2) To impress something on someone is to make them understand clearly how important it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m2)

3) To impress a mark or pattern is to press it into something soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m3)

4) (history) To impress men was to force them to serve in the navy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m4)

5) If someone is impressed by an argument or reason, it has persuaded or moved them to agree or change their mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children try to impress friends, teachers or judges; in stories a character impresses the king with a clever answer. Parents impress on children the importance of road safety. Phrases: «be impressed by», «impress on», «try to impress», «make an impression».

### examples

- She impressed the judges with her singing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x1)
- I was really impressed by your story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x2)
- He tried to impress his friends by doing a wheelie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x3)
- Mum impressed on us that we must never talk to strangers online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x4)
- We impressed leaves into the clay to make patterns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x5)
- The new pupil's maths impressed the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x6)
- In old times, sailors were impressed into the navy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x7)
- The King, impressed by these considerations, promised that he would think over the matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: impressed, impressing. Nouns: «impression», «impressiveness»; adjective «impressive». «Impressed by» or «impressed with» both work. Trap: trying too hard to impress can make you look silly.

### In the corpora

- [Later he tried skateboard tricks to impress her, fell off and scraped his knee, and Lily asked if he was OK.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily/13/)
- [Showing off to impress someone often ends with a fall or an embarrassment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily/26/)
- [Showing off on a bike to impress someone often ends with a fall and a scraped elbow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/389-boys-who-look-at-maddie-oddly/30/)
- [Swearing to look grown-up rarely impresses anyone and can get you into trouble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/390-showing-off/29/)
- [Saying "we had not considered that" impresses more than bluffing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.