to imprint
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4.8
- verb
- /ɪmˈprɪnt/
:
grabar en la memoria
- These images represent artificial experiences imprinted on your mind, reinforced by pain and pleasure.
- imprinted on the mind
So at some point it gets imprinted on the unconscious mind.
- So at some point it gets imprinted on the unconscious mind.
- But it affected me, definitely imprinted something on me.
- To say, look, isn't it interesting, like how strong this imprints us, that this is still going to come to my head.
- And all of that stuff is like, you know, imprinted onto the brain, but not for you.
- But my kids, I want my core values and I want my non negotiable characteristics imprinted on them.
- And, you know, those get imprinted because they're sensational memories, you know, outside of your everyday playing as a kid.
- Well, we're, we're pretty hardwired to learn who our parents are and to imprint on them so that we know who to trust and who to look for, for comfort and for food.
- But the olfactory system seems to imprint, seems to lay down memories very early and to create these very powerful associations.
- So imagine, you know, even more imprinted upon people.
- I'm like, I think that imprinted that you're bad.
- Like that's the, that's sort of what, what we're all in some way imprinted with.
- But the idea behind it of, of, of, yes, there's, it's basically you imprint onto these figures and influences that you have.
Examples
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It was like, I don't know where it came from, but it was like indelibly imprinted in my brain.
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But it affected me, definitely imprinted something on me.
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OK, imprint those two patterns into your brains.
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This is the first image that has to be imprinted on my brain this morning?
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It's been imprinted in their head for so many years... ... that they had to be the provider.
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So at some point it gets imprinted on the unconscious mind.
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However, the lyrics really imprinted onto my mind and met me where I am.
Blog text (14) -
Well, we're, we're pretty hardwired to learn who our parents are and to imprint on them so that we know who to trust and who to look for, for comfort and for food.
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Again with no trouble, she is imprinted on his memory with her earrings and laughing smile.
Fiction book (2001) -
She tried to imprint the happy memories of their vacation in her mind.
Synonyms
108
6.4
To put an idea or feeling into someone's mind so it stays there
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3.9
To make an idea or habit become fixed in someone's mind
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6.1
To make a habit or idea a strong lasting part of someone's life
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3.9
To have a lasting effect on a person or thing that people notice
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5.7
Put a strong idea or belief into someone's mind
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5.3
To make a memory or feeling stay strongly in the mind
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6.0
To make an image or memory stay clearly in someone's mind
To make an idea or habit stay in a person's mind
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Etymology
Imprint meaning to fix an idea in the mind is like 'pressing' a picture into memory, so when something is imprinted it stays strong and is not easily forgotten.