C2 noun #81,527 most common

To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

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  • (verb) To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
  • (verb) To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
  • (verb) To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
  2. 2
    verb To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
  3. 3
    verb To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
  4. 4
    noun Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

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