positive impression

collocation in English

meaningsofpositiveandimpression

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positive
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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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 ofpositiveandimpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpositive impression

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However, these remarks should not spoil the overallpositiveimpressionof the book.
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Some of them made a thoroughlypositiveimpressionon us.
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The consultants, however, decide to promote him because of thepositiveimpressionhe makes on them with his bluntness about the office's problems.
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Schoolchildren, however, had a morepositiveimpressionof the animal.
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By having a morepositiveimpressionof individuals in the in-group, individuals are able to boost their own self-esteem as members of that group.
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Nevertheless, they had apositiveimpressionof the game as a teaching tool, calling the title a refreshing if flawed take on the rhythm genre.
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As a parish priest he soon made apositiveimpressionwith his obvious zeal and austerity in life.
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Visitors gain a verypositiveimpressionof the school as they enter the foyer and immediately feel welcomed by pupils and staff.
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Neuhaus had a generallypositiveimpressionof the film.
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He creates a morepositiveimpression, and allows the show to move in a different direction.
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Abroad the movie had already made apositiveimpression.
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He got three hits, and made apositiveimpressionboth as a catcher and as a hitter.
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When compliance is simply a mechanism to induce the formation of apositiveimpression, stronger sources should produce a greater social impact.
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Similarly, an event creating apositiveimpressiongenerates a pleasant emotion, all the more pleasant if the individual believes he has a disvalued identity in the situation.
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For a robot to give a morepositiveimpression, its degree of human realism in appearance should also match its degree of human realism in behavior.
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For example, people form a morepositiveimpressionof someone described as intelligent, industrious, impulsive, critical, stubborn, envious than when they are given the same words in reverse order.
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Audience members occasionally recorded positive impressions of the quality of the acting of boy players.
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Nevertheless, most people report the media provides them a favorable view of adoption; 72% indicated receiving positive impressions.
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Positive impressions can be made through the way you present yourself.
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