imprint

A mark made by pressing something onto a surface, or a lasting effect on someone.

• There was a boot imprint in the mud.
• The fabric showed the imprint of her hand.
• His childhood left a lasting imprint on his writing.

How to use it: imprint of something (The mud held the imprint of a small shoe.); imprint on something (The experience left an imprint on her memory.)

Similar words: impression, mark

Common phrases: an imprint of, leave an imprint, lasting imprint

A special mark or design that identifies a company or product.

• The shirt has a company imprint.
• A gold imprint decorated the box.
• Each bag carried the same distinctive imprint.

Similar words: logo, mark, emblem

Common phrases: company imprint, gold imprint, bear an imprint

A publisher’s name and printed details in a book; also a publisher or one of its brands.

• The imprint appears on the title page.
• Her novel came out under a small imprint.
• The company launched two new imprints for children’s books.

Similar words: colophon, imprimatur

Common phrases: publishing imprint, new imprint, publisher’s imprint

To put a mark, picture, or design onto a surface by pressing or printing it.

• They imprint names on mugs.
• The stamp imprinted a flower on the paper.
• Can you imprint these bags with our logo?

How to use it: imprint something on something (They imprint the design on cotton.); imprint something with something (We imprint each envelope with your initials.)

Similar words: stamp, print

Common phrases: imprint a logo, imprint something on, imprint something with