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(im-print-ing) 3 syllables

Definition

noun. a process where young animals recognize and follow the first moving object they see.

Example Sentence

The imprinting of human speech is not advantageous.

More Example Sentences

Many birds imprint on their parents early.

Synonyms

bonding; attachment; learning

Antonyms

erased

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

imprinting
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • ginting
  • glinting
  • hinting
  • minting
  • printing
  • sprinting
  • squinting
  • binning
  • dinning
  • finning
  • ginning
  • grinning
  • inning
  • pinning
  • printing
  • sinning
  • spinning
  • thinning
  • winning

  • imprinting
  • reprinting
  • unstinting
  • beginning
  • imprinting
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