Définitions
1.NounAn impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark."Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand.; The packaging requires an imprint on three of its sides.; The day left an imprint in my mind."
2.NounThe name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands."Each of the Big Five publishers has many imprints; for example, the imprints of Penguin Random House include Crown, DK, and Knopf Doubleday."
3.NounA distinctive marking, symbol, or logo."The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve."
4.VerbTo leave a print, impression, image, etc."For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram."
5.VerbTo learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are."Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents — including humans doing wildlife rescue!"
6.VerbTo mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.