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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024print /prɪnt/USA pronunciation v. - Printingto produce (marks, etc.) by pressing plates, blocks, etc., to paper or other material: [~ + object]This computer printer prints 100 characters per second.[no object]Can it print in color?
- Printing to publish in printed form:[~ + object]The newspaper refused to print the story.
- to write in letters like those commonly used in print: [~ + object]Please print your name at the top.[no object]Please print clearly.
- to produce (a pattern, etc.), as by pressure on cloth:[~ + object]a printed Japanese kimono.
- Photographyto produce a positive picture from (a negative):[~ + object]How much will it cost to print this negative?
- print out, [Computers.]to produce (data) in printed form: [~ + out + object]Print out the spreadsheet and hand it in.[~ + object + out]Print the essay out and hand it in with your disk.
n. - Printing printed lettering, esp. with reference to style or size:[uncountable]Use bold print to emphasize your words.
- Printing printed material:[uncountable]There they were, right in print, his very words for all to see.
- Printing, Fine Art a picture, etc., printed from an engraved block, plate, etc.:[countable]Several of the artist's best prints were hung on the wall.
- a fingerprint:[countable]Your prints were found on the weapon.
- Textiles, Clothing
- [countable] a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, etc.
- Photography a photograph, esp. a positive made from a negative:[countable]The prints had come out blurry.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to newspapers and magazines:the print media.
Idioms- Idioms in print:
- Idioms(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
- Idioms out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024print (print),USA pronunciation v.t. - Printingto produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
- Printingto reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.
- Printingto form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block:to print calico.
- Printingto cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.
- to write in letters like those commonly used in print:Print your name on these forms.
- Computingto produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.
- to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).
- to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.
- to impress on the mind, memory, etc.
- to fingerprint.
- to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.:The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.
- Photographyto produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.
v.i. - Printingto take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.
- Printingto produce by means of a reproduction process:to print in color; to print unevenly.
- Printingto make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.:This type is too worn to print cleanly.
- to write in characters such as are used in print:He'd rather print than use longhand.
- to follow the vocation of a printer.
- Photography print in, See burn (def. 36).
- Computing print out, to make a printout of.
n. - the state of being printed.
- Printingprinted lettering, esp. with reference to character, style, or size:This print is too large for footnotes.
- Printingprinted material.
- a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- Printingnewsprint.
- Printing, Fine Arta picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.
- an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.
- something with which an impression is made;
a stamp or die. - a fingerprint.
- Textiles, Clothing
- a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, blocks of wood, stencils, etc.
- a cloth so treated.
- an article of apparel made of this cloth.
- something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.
- Photographya picture, esp. a positive made from a negative.
- Printingany reproduced image, as a blueprint.
- Cinema, Radio and Television, Show Business[Motion Pictures, Television.]a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing;
release print. - in print:
- Idiomsin printed form;
published. - Idioms(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
- Idioms out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
adj. - of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines:print media.
- Latin premere; (verb, verbal) Middle English prenten, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Old French priente impression, print, noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of preindre to press1
- (noun, nominal) Middle English prent(e), print(e), prient(e) 1250–1300
print., - Printingprinting.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: print /prɪnt/ vb - to reproduce (text, pictures, etc), esp in large numbers, by applying ink to paper or other material by one of various processes
- to produce or reproduce (a manuscript, a book, data, etc) in print, as for publication
- to write (letters, etc) in the style of printed matter
- to mark or indent (a surface) by pressing (something) onto it
- to produce a photographic print from (a negative)
- (transitive) to implant or fix in the mind or memory
- (transitive) to make (a mark or indentation) by applying pressure
n - printed matter such as newsprint
- a printed publication such as a newspaper or book
- in print ⇒ in printed or published form
- (of a book, etc) offered for sale by the publisher
- out of print ⇒ no longer available from a publisher
- a design or picture printed from an engraved plate, wood block, or other medium
- printed text, esp with regard to the typeface used: small print
- a positive photographic image in colour or black and white produced, usually on paper, from a negative image on film
Compare slide - a fabric with a printed design
- (as modifier): a print dress
- a mark or indentation made by pressing something onto a surface
- a stamp, die, etc, that makes such an impression
- the surface subjected to such an impression
- See fingerprint
See also print outEtymology: 13th Century priente, from Old French: something printed, from preindre to make an impression, from Latin premere to press |