printing

American  

[prin-ting] / ˈprɪn tɪŋ /

noun

1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.

2. the act of a person or thing that prints.

3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form.

4. printed material.

5. the total number of copies of a book or other publication printed at one time.

   The book had a first printing of 10,000.

6. writing in which the letters resemble printed ones.

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printing British  

/ ˈprɪntɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the process, business, or art of producing printed matter

   2. ( as modifier )

      printing ink

2. printed text

3. Also called: impression.  all the copies of a book or other publication printed at one time

4. a form of writing in which letters resemble printed letters

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Other Word Forms

• nonprinting adjective

Etymology

Origin of printing

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; print, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

He’s “surprised” by the success that “Life at the Bottom” has had in several countries—particularly the Netherlands, where it has gone through 14 printings.

From The Wall Street Journal

He described the process as 4D printing because the printed objects are not static.

From Science Daily

Mike Griffin, who founded a sustainable 3D printing company with the help of Innovate UK, agreed.

From BBC

He crunched numbers using an old DOS-based database manager, printing out hard copies full of data and checking the figures by pen.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week the stock fell 4.5%, printing a bearish shooting star on the heaviest weekly volume in at least 15 years, following a doji the prior week.

From Barron's

Related Words

• copy
• distribution
• issuance