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Dictionary: im·print   (ĭm-prĭnt') pronunciation
tr.v., -print·ed, -print·ing, -prints.
  1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
  2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
  3. To impart a strong or vivid impression of: "We imprint our own ideas onto acts" (Ellen Goodman).
  4. To fix firmly, as in the mind: He tried to imprint the number on his memory.
  5. To modify (a gene) by chemical means.
n. (ĭm'prĭnt')
  1. A mark or pattern produced by imprinting. See synonyms at impression.
  2. A distinguishing influence or effect: Spanish architecture that shows the imprint of Islamic rule.
  3. A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.

[Middle English emprenten, from Old French empreinter, from empreinte, impression, from feminine past participle of empreindre, to print, from Latin imprimere, to impress. See impress1.]


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Marketing Dictionary: imprint
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1. Anything that has been printed, such as advertising copy or a company logo, by some sort of printing process.

2. see dealer imprint.

Thesaurus: imprint
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verb

    To produce a deep impression of: engrave, etch, fix, grave3, impress, inscribe, stamp. See marks.

noun

    The visible effect made on a surface by pressure: impress, impression, indent, indentation, mark, print, stamp. See marks.

Military Dictionary: imprint
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(DOD, NATO) Brief note in the margin of a map giving all or some of the following: date of publication, printing, name of publisher, printer, place of publication, number of copies printed, and related information.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To mark by pressing or stamping.

pronunciation There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. — Kate Chopin.

Wikipedia: Imprint
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In the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:

  • It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to market the work to different demographic consumer segments. In some cases, the diversity results from the takeover of smaller publishers (or parts of their business) by a larger company. This usage of the word has evolved from the old practice of calling the printing of publisher's name at the bottom of publication's title page an imprint.
  • It can also refer to a finer distinction of a book's version than "edition". This is used to distinguish, for example different printings, or printing runs of the same edition, or to distinguish the same edition produced by a different publisher or printer. With the creation of the "ISBN" identification system, which is assigned to a text prior to its printing, a different imprint has effectively come to mean a text with a different ISBN—if one had been assigned to it.

Examples of imprints/publishing brand names

Below are a few examples of imprints (in the meaning of brand names), sorted by publishing company in alphabetical order. It shows the diversity of imprints and how widely they are used in the publishing industry. This list is intended to show examples, not be a comprehensive list, so no more than a few imprints per publishing house are given. Notice that it is possible for imprints to be organized under a publisher that is itself an imprint of an even larger publishing house.

  • St. Martin's Press
    • St. Martin's Griffin
    • St. Martin's Minotaur
    • Picador USA
    • Thomas Dunne Books
    • Truman Talley Books

The word imprint or masthead is sometimes used on international websites. This is usually a mistake based on the incorrect translation of German websites which are required by German law to contain an "Impressum" (legals, website details).


Translations: Imprint
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - trykke, præge, prente
n. - aftryk, mærke, præg, spor

Nederlands (Dutch)
opdrukken, stempelen, afdruk, opdruk

Français (French)
v. tr. - imprimer, graver, imprégner (une marque, un motif), (Psych, Zool) imprégner
n. - (lit, fig) empreinte, marque d'éditeur

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufdrucken, aufprägen, aufdrücken
n. - Abdruck, Stempel, Impressum

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (απο)τυπώνω, σταμπάρω, εκτυπώνω, βγάζω αποτύπωμα
n. - αποτύπωμα, σφραγίδα, σημάδι

Italiano (Italian)
stampare, impronta, sovrastampa

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imprimir, gravar (fig.)
n. - estampa (f), impressão (f)

Русский (Russian)
отпечаток, фиксировать, штемпелевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - imprimir, estampar, fijar, grabar (en la memoria)
n. - impresión, marca, sello, pie de imprenta

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - trycka på (in), stämpla, inprägla (bildl.), inskärpa
n. - avtryck, intryck, prägel, tryckort, -år och förläggarens namn

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
印, 压印, 铭刻, 盖于, 牢记, 印痕, 深刻的印象, 痕迹, 印记

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 印, 壓印, 銘刻, 蓋於, 牢記
n. - 印痕, 深刻的印象, 痕跡, 印記

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 누르다, 날인하다, ~에게 감명을 주다
n. - 날인, 인상

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 押す, 刻み込む
n. - 押した印, 印象, 奥付け, 痕跡

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدفع, يختم (الاسم) أثر مميز, دمغه الناشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הדפיס, החתים, הטביע, הרשים, הטביע חותם על המוח‬
n. - ‮חותם, סימן, שם המו"ל, כותרת עמוד, הערת שוליים‬


 
 
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