# impressed

Pronunciation: US say "im-PREST" /ɪmˈpɹɛst/; UK

## Adjective

1. Feeling admiration or respect for someone or something that has affected you strongly, usually in a good way.
   - Simple: Feeling admiration because something or someone is very good.
   - _The committee was clearly impressed with the candidate's research record._
   - _Visitors come away impressed by the sheer scale of the cathedral._
3. Marked or shaped by being stamped or pressed into a surface under pressure.
   - Simple: Pressed or stamped into a surface so it leaves a mark.
   - _The binder admired the impressed lettering along the spine of the volume._
   - _An impressed pattern ran around the rim of the freshly thrown bowl._
4. Forced into service in a military or naval force, especially against one's own will.
   - Simple: Forced to join an army or navy against your will.
   - _The impressed crew resented every officer who had dragged them aboard._
   - _Coastal villages dreaded the press-gangs that left families with impressed sons._
5. Taken or seized by force or under official authority.
   - Simple: Taken away by force or by an official order.
   - _The quartermaster loaded grain from the impressed carts onto the supply train._
   - _Villagers demanded payment for the impressed livestock the soldiers had driven off._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of impress. — simple past and past participle of impress
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of impress. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The young pianist impressed the judges with her flawless performance._
   - _His honesty impressed me far more than his résumé did._

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