make an impression

verb

To affect someone strongly and often favorably.

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Meanings

verbmake an impression (third-person singular simple present makes an impression, present participle making an impression, simple past and past participle made an impression)

present singular third person makes an impression · participle present making an impression · participle past made an impression · past made an impression

  1. To affect someone strongly and often favorably.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
impress

Translations

Spanish hacer una impresión, causar una impresión
  • hacer una impresiónTranslations
  • causar una impresiónTranslations
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APA

make an impression. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20an%20impression

MLA

“make an impression.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20an%20impression. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make an impression,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20an%20impression.

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