Impressed Impress ɪmˈpres Grand Canyon Fails I Interviewed

• we interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us.
• the grand canyon never fails to impress people.
• the grand canyon never fails to impress.
• his sincerity impressed her.

impress

1. if a person or thing impresses you, you feel admiration for them or it
• see also impressed
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• We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us.
• The Grand Canyon never fails to impress people.
• The Grand Canyon never fails to impress.
• His sincerity impressed her.
• He impressed her with his sincerity.
• It impressed me that she remembered my name.
• I was impressed that she remembered my name.
2. to make somebody understand how important, serious, etc. something is by emphasizing it
• He impressed on us the need for immediate action.
• Their responsibilities are impressed on them during training.
3. to have a great effect on something, especially somebody’s mind, imagination, etc.
• Her words impressed themselves on my memory.

Extra Examples

• I was young and easily impressed.
• She impressed us with both the depth and range of her knowledge.
• The results failed to impress us.
• He was so impressed by her performance that he immediately offered her a contract.
• I was enormously impressed by their professionalism.
• Our customers are always impressed when their orders arrive the next day.
• She was suitably impressed with the painting.
• This game is his big chance to impress.
• We interviewed a number of candidates, but none of them impressed us.
• We were impressed to see how well they’d done already.
• We were particularly impressed with the level of service.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they impress
• he / she / it impresses
• past simple impressed
• past participle impressed
• -ing form impressing

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘apply with pressure’): from Old French empresser, from em- ‘in’ + presser ‘to press’, influenced by Latin imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 18th cent.