| impresario |
one who sponsors, produces, or manages public entertainments or entertainers, esp. one who directs or arranges tours for an opera company. [2 definitions] |
| imprescriptible |
in law, not subject to legal acquisition through long use or possession. |
| impress1 |
to cause a strong or particular opinion or emotional feeling in. [7 definitions] |
| impress2 |
to force into military service, esp. sea duty. |
| impressed |
having a strong, lasting, or favorable feeling about someone or something as a response to having met or encountered that person or thing. |
| impression |
a strong feeling or idea resulting from experience or perception. [6 definitions] |
| impressionable |
readily influenced; affected by suggestion; suggestible. |
| impressionism |
(often cap.) a style of painting, originating in France in the late nineteenth century, directed toward capturing the vitality of a subject through observing the play of colored light and shadow upon it and painting quickly, using short brush strokes and unmixed colors. [2 definitions] |
| impressive |
able to make a strong or lasting impact on the mind or emotions; striking. |
| imprimatur |
an official license to print or publish, esp. one issued by the Roman Catholic censor. [2 definitions] |
| imprint |
a mark or figure made by pressing or printing on a surface. [5 definitions] |
| imprinting |
in animal and human behavior, a period of rapid learning early in life that established permanent connections with other beings or objects, and thus determines certain patterns of behavior. |
| imprison |
to put or keep in a prison or other place of confinement. [2 definitions] |
| improbability |
the condition or state of being unlikely to occur. [2 definitions] |
| improbable |
unlikely to occur or to be true. |
| impromptu |
thought of, made, or done without plan, preparation, or practice; spontaneous or improvised. [3 definitions] |
| improper |
not suitable, applicable, or correct. [2 definitions] |
| improper fraction |
a fraction in which the denominator is smaller than the numerator. |
| improperly |
without regard for the generally accepted, correct, or established way of doing something; incorrectly; inappropriately. |
| impropriety |
the character or state of being incorrect, unsuitable, or indecent. [2 definitions] |
| improve |
to increase the quality or condition of; make better. [3 definitions] |