distinct impression

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctandimpression

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distinct
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/us
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
clearly noticeable; that ...
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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 ofdistinctandimpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdistinct impression

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More than anything, however, the conference left this reviewer with adistinctimpressionof the distance between theory and practice in architecture.
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Politicians of the left took a similar stance, leaving thedistinctimpressionthat mestizaje as epitomising metaphor for nation-building had, in historical terms, run its course.
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In fact, as one reads modern material on "the gang," one gets thedistinctimpressionthat we are currently in the process of rediscovering the wheel.
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It was ourdistinctimpressionthat every penny of aid spent in that area was money well spent and greatly appreciated.
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I have adistinctimpressionthat there are four central schools of music.
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I have thedistinctimpressionthat that is as far as it will go.
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That is thedistinctimpressionthat his words have given.
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I formed thedistinctimpressionthat he was reading from a brief prepared for him and which he only partially understood.
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I left that meeting with thedistinctimpressionthat consideration would be given to the form of election.
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We get thedistinctimpressionthat decisions on education will be given to bureaucrats rather than professionals, to councillors rather than parents and governing bodies.
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One has thedistinctimpressionthat factors which are not directly related to the legal rights and wrongs come into the assessment of damages.
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One occasionally has thedistinctimpressionthat nobody is listening to anyone else.
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I had thedistinctimpressionthat he thought that some other authority would be more capable of dealing with the matter.
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I am getting thedistinctimpressionthat attempts are being made to carry on the debate, which has finished.
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He gave thedistinctimpressionthat he had failed to secrete his stereo or cassette player in one of the obvious places.
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Kaldor, one gets thedistinctimpressionthat he believes that taxation has some curative and regenerative properties which will do great good to the country.
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That was mydistinctimpression.
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To refer to that as three separate markets and to give thedistinctimpressionthat there are three markets in different places, each with 600 pitches, is wholly misleading.
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I had thedistinctimpression, and thought of making a short contribution to the debate on the subject, that the open fire was to be done away with.
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