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print

/pɹɪnt/

noun

Meaning

  • Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.

    "TV and the internet haven't killed print."

  • Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.

    "Write in print using block letters."

  • The letters forming the text of a document.

    "The print is too small for me to read."

  • A newspaper.

  • A visible impression on a surface.

    "Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page."

  • A fingerprint.

    "Did the police find any prints at the scene?"

  • A footprint.

  • (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.

  • A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.

  • A copy of a film that can be projected.

  • Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.

  • A plaster cast in bas relief.

verb

Meaning

  • To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.

    "Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines."

  • To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.

    "The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface."

  • To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.

    "I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print."

  • To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.

    "How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?"

  • To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.

    "to print calico"

  • To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

  • To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

  • To display a string on the terminal.

  • To produce an observable value.

    "On March 16, 2020, the S&P printed at 2,386.13, one of the worst drops in history."

adjective

Meaning

  • Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

    "a print edition of a book"