imprint.
An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.
Meaning & usage
An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.
Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand.
The packaging requires an imprint on three of its sides.
The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands.
Each of the Big Five publishers has many imprints; for example, the imprints of Penguin Random House include Crown, DK, and Knopf Doubleday.
A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo.
The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimereder. Old French empreindre Old French empreinteder. English imprint From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents — including humans doing wildlife rescue!
To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimereder. Old French empreindre Old French empreinterbor. Middle English emprinten English imprint From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
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