Imprint apparatus, imprint method, and method for manufacturing article

A method for manufacturing an article, comprising:

• bringing a mold into contact with a material supplied onto a plurality of shot regions formed on a substrate and forming a pattern on the substrate using an apparatus;
• and
• processing the substrate having the pattern formed in the step,
• wherein the apparatus includes:
• a gas supply unit configured to supply a gas to a space between the mold and the substrate;
• a positioning unit configured to change a gap between the mold and the substrate;
• and
• a controller configured to control the gas supply unit and the positioning unit, and
• the controller causes second contact between a second shot region different from a first shot region and the mold after first contact between the first shot region having the imprint material supplied thereon among the plurality of shot regions and the mold and controls the positioning unit so that a second gap between the mold and the substrate at the time of changing a relative position between the mold and the substrate in a surface direction from the first shot region to the second shot region is shorter than a first gap between the mold and the substrate at the time of gas supply.