imprint

noun · verbB1

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noun
Plural noun:
imprints
  1. 1.

    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 day left an imprint in my mind.

  2. 2.

    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.

    Near-synonyms: colophon, imprimatur

    Each of the Big Five publishers has many imprints; for example, the imprints of Penguin Random House include Crown, DK, and Knopf Doubleday.

    Đồng nghĩa: colophon, imprimatur

  3. 3.

    A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo.

    Near-synonyms: imprimatur, hallmark

    The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

    Đồng nghĩa: imprimatur, hallmark

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verb
V_es/s
imprints
V_ing/Gerund
imprinting
V_ed/pp
imprinted
  1. 1.

    To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

    For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.

  2. 2.

    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!

  3. 3.

    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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Nguồn gốc từ

From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 14/8/2026

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