26984 words

print

30 definitions • 40 examples
1
letters, numbers, or symbols that have been produced on paper by a machine using ink:

Examples:

The title is in bold print.
This novel is available in large print for readers with poor eyesight.
The book was rushed into print (= was produced and published) as quickly as possible.
The print quality (= the quality of the text produced) of the new laser printer is excellent.
2

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The debate is still raging, both in print and online.
3
If a book is in print, it is possible to buy a new copy of it, and if it is out of print, it is not now possible:

Examples:

Is her work still in print?
4
a photographic copy of a painting, or a picture made by pressing paper onto a special surface covered in ink, or a single photograph from a film:

Examples:

a print of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers"
a signed Hockney print
I had some prints made of the party photos.
5

Examples:

a floral/paisley print
6
informal for

Examples:

The burglar had left his prints all over the window.
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to produce writing or images on paper or other material with a machine:

Examples:

The leaflets will be printed on recycled paper.
I'm waiting for a document to print.
8

Examples:

Some newspapers still refuse to print certain swear words.
They printed his letter in Tuesday's paper.
9

Examples:

20,000 copies of the novel will be printed in hardback.
10
to write without joining the letters together:

Examples:

Please print your name clearly below your signature.
11

Examples:

Photographs are better if they are printed from the original negative.
12

Examples:

The designs are printed onto the fabric by hand.
13
to put letters or images on paper or another material using a machine, or to produce books, magazines, newspapers, etc., in this way:

Examples:

The newspaper printed my letter to the editor.
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To print is also to write without joining the letters together:

Examples:

Please print your name clearly below your signature.
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To print something out is to print text or images from a machine attached to a computer:

Examples:

[ M ] Just print out the first two pages.
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a single photograph made from film, or a photograph of a painting or other work of art:

Examples:

We made extra prints of the baby to send out with the birth announcement.
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A print is also a picture made by pressing paper or other material against a special surface covered with ink:

Examples:

woodcut prints
18
a pattern produced on a piece of cloth, or cloth having such a pattern:

Examples:

a print dress
19
a mark left on a surface where something has been pressed on it:

Examples:

The dog left prints all over the kitchen floor.
20
A print is also a fingerprint.
21
text or images that are produced on paper or other material by printing
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If something is in print, it is published and available to buy:

Examples:

Is the book still in print?
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If a book is out of print, it is no longer available from a publisher:

Examples:

I’m afraid you can’t get that book – it’s out of print.
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to produce writing or images on paper or other material with a machine:

Examples:

print sth on sth The leaflets will be printed on recycled paper.
I'm waiting for the document to print.
I had some business cards printed.
Words found in the glossary are printed in bold the first time they appear in the prospectus.
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No one was willing to print the story without identifying its source.
The article was printed in Tuesday's paper.
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Examples:

20,000 copies of the novel will be printed in hardback.
27
to write without joining the letters together:

Examples:

Please print your name clearly below your signature.
28
letters, numbers, words, or symbols that have been produced on paper by a machine using ink:

Examples:

The report is being published both in print and online.
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Television, radio, and print are inundated with advertisements for Web sites.
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if a book is in print, it is possible to buy a new copy of it, and if it is out of print, it is not now possible:

Examples:

Is her work still in print?
That book has been out of print for years.

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