"first impression" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first impressions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} first impression (plural first impressions)
  1. The event when one person first encounters another person and forms a mental image of them. ᵂᵖ Translations (event when one person makes a mental image of another): ensivaikutelma (Finnish), prima impressione [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-first_impression-en-noun-MIeDluE3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'event when one person makes a mental image of another': 99 1
  2. (law) (of a case, issue, etc.) The state of not having been previously raised within a particular jurisdiction. ᵂᵖ Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-first_impression-en-noun-rvm-LGFB Topics: law

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