imprint noun (MARK) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

/ˈɪm.prɪnt/ n

Definition

•

[C usually singular] when an object presses on something and leaves a mark

The button had left an imprint on my arm.

•

[S] when an event or experience becomes fixed in someone's memory or leaves its mark in some way on their appearance

War has left its imprint on the strained faces of these people.

(Definition of imprint noun (MARK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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