general impression
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralandimpression
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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impression
noun
uk/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
an idea or opinion of what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandimpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgeneral impression
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Thegeneralimpressionis that, in these periods, the majority of the metalwork comes from wet contexts.
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Thegeneralimpressiongained during measurements was of alert and healthy children with few overt signs of malnutrition.
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In the light of past trends, as well as thegeneralimpressionthat health costs are inherently 'uncontrollable', this unambiguous and sustained response bears emphasis.
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They offered only thegeneralimpressionthat infants produce various prosodic patterns quite early, before extensive acquisition of segments used to compose early lexical items.
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Mygeneralimpression, while reading the text for the first time, was rather ambivalent.
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Even though not all details are explained, mygeneralimpressionis that of an appealing solution.
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A '0' would mean the statement on the right-side of the scale is extremely close to yourgeneralimpression.
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He, however, hastens to correct the 'generalimpression' that his entire family are communists.
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Try to grasp intuitively yourgeneralimpressionnot only of the character but of the whole play when you read it for the first time.
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When he did refer to mass voting, thegeneralimpressionwas that this was a cause of political decay rather than development.
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Only ageneralimpressionfrom diaries, letters, autobiographers and similar sources can be obtained.
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But thegeneralimpressionis that there is, at most, a negligible cost incurred.
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Thegeneralimpressioncreated is that, for many reasons, these do not meet with the approval of the people.
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Thegeneralimpressiongiven was that relationships were improving, albeit slowly.
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This statement supports thegeneralimpressionthat children are mostly forced to join or are recruited involuntarily.
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Thegeneralimpressionthat this book leaves is that the enrichment of an indigenous community is a very recent development.
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Thegeneralimpressionfrom all three variables is that the nonlinear cointegration model with growth homogeneity yields the most satisfactory results.
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However, ageneralimpressionabout the factors related to biomedical research productivity is worthwhile.
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From the results of the survey, thegeneralimpressionis one of potential for the use of economic evaluation, rather than evidence of actual use.
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