imprint
IPA: ɪmprˈɪnt
noun
- An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
- The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
- A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
verb
- To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
- To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
- To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
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Examples of "imprint" in Sentences
- The imprints adhere well and resist abrasion.
- This is a list of the releases on the imprint.
- It will always leave upon an ineradicable imprint.
- The imprint of the old bell system logo is visible.
- The edge of the coin is imprinted with stars in relief.
- The medal is silver with the imprint of the head of a boar.
- It imprints the time of the exposure on each frame of film.
- A second imprint of the first quarto was issued in the same year.
- The imprint of the feet on the ground is a symbol of transcendence.
- Another of his contributions to ethology is his work on imprinting.
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