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   print

   /prɪnt/

   verb

   • 1. produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper: "a thousand copies of the book were printed" Similar set in printsend to pressrun offpreprintreprintpullproofcopyreproducelistdumpinformal:put to bedlitho
   • ▪ produce (text or a picture) by a printing process: "the words had been printed in dark type" Similar set in printsend to pressrun offpreprintreprintpullproofcopyreproducelistdumpinformal:put to bedlitho
   • ▪ (of a newspaper or magazine) publish (a piece of writing) within its pages: "the article was printed in the first edition" Similar publishissuereleasedisseminatecirculatepropagatepurvey
   • ▪ (of a publisher or printer) arrange for (a book, manuscript, etc.) to be reproduced in large quantities: "in 1923 he printed Yeats' ‘Biographical Fragments’"
   • ▪ produce a paper copy of (information stored on a computer): "the results of a search can be printed out"
   • ▪ produce (a photographic print) from a negative: "any make of film can be developed and printed"
   • 2. write (text) clearly without joining the letters together: "print your name and address on the back of the cheque"
   • 3. mark (a surface, typically a fabric or garment) with a coloured design or pattern: "a delicate fabric printed with roses" Similar imprintimpressstampmarkbrandpunchinscribeengravechaseetchcarvedebossemboss
   • ▪ transfer (a design or pattern) to a surface: "patterns of birds and trees were printed on the cotton"
   • ▪ make (a mark or indentation) by pressing something on a surface or in a soft substance: "a beetle scurried by, printing tracks in the sand with its busy feet"
   • ▪ mark (the surface of a soft substance): "we printed the butter with carved wooden butter moulds"
   • ▪ fix (something) firmly or indelibly in someone's mind: "his face was printed on her memory" Similar registerrecordnoteimpressimprintengraveetchstampmarkbrandsetingrain

   noun

   • 1. the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style: "she forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print" Similar typeprintinglettersletteringcharacterstype sizetypefacefacefontfount
   • ▪ the state of being available in published form: "the news will never get into print"
   • ▪ a newspaper: informal "the report's contents were widely summarized in the public prints"
   • ▪ relating to the printing industry or the printed media: "the print unions"
   • 2. an indentation or mark made on a surface or soft substance: "there were paw prints everywhere" Similar impressionfingerprintmarkfootprint
   • ▪ fingerprints: "the FBI matched the prints to those of the robbery suspect"
   • 3. a picture or design printed from a block or plate or copied from a painting by photography: "the walls were hung with sporting prints" Similar reproductioncopyreplicaimitationfacsimileduplicatepicturedesignengravingetchinglithographsilk screenlinocutmonoprintplatecutwoodcutvignette
   • ▪ a photograph printed on paper from a negative or transparency: "please send a black-and-white or colour print to the editor" Similar photographphotosnapsnapshotshotpicturepositivestillproofenlargementenprint
   • ▪ a copy of a motion picture on film, especially a particular version of it: "he screened his own print of the film at festivals around the world"
   • 4. a piece of fabric or clothing with a coloured pattern or design printed on it: "light summer prints" Similar printed material/cloth/fabricpatterned material/cloth/fabricchintz
   • ▪ a pattern or design printed on a garment or fabric: "the blouse is available in an assortment of colours and prints" Similar printed material/cloth/fabricpatterned material/cloth/fabricchintz

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting the impression made by a stamp or seal): from Old French preinte ‘pressed’, feminine past participle of preindre, from Latin premere ‘to press’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. printless adjective

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