"impressive" meaning in All languages combined

See impressive on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈprɛsɪv/ Audio: en-us-impressive.ogg [US] Forms: impressive [positive], more impressive [comparative], most impressive [superlative]
Etymology: impress + -ive Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|impress|ive}} impress + -ive Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is impressive, it makes a positive impression or is able to impress someone.
    Sense id: simple-impressive-en-adj-yPj6dKla
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ive
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