reprint
Americanverb (used with object)
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reprints,
present (3rd person singular)
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reprinted,
past participle, past
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reprinting
present participle
noun
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a reproduction in print of any matter already published; offprint
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a reissue of a printed work using the same type, plates, etc, as the original
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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reprintsimple
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reprintssimple
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have reprintedperfect
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has reprintedperfect
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am reprintingprogressive
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are reprintingprogressive
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is reprintingprogressive
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have been reprintingperfect progressive
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has been reprintingperfect progressive
Past
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reprintedsimple
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had reprintedperfect
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was reprintingprogressive
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were reprintingprogressive
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had been reprintingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reprint
Explanation
To reprint something is to publish it again, or issue it in a new form. When a book is a best seller, its publisher will reprint thousands, or even millions, of copies. Sometimes books go out of print for a long time before a publisher reprints them, and in other cases they are continuously popular enough that a publishing company will reprint them constantly. You can call a newer printed edition of a book or magazine article a reprint, too. Reprint adds the "again" prefix re-, to print, from the Old French preinte, "impression."
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More recently, I was asked why I didn’t just buy a reprint online for cheap, and momentarily balked at the question.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
It appears ubiquitously in 19th-century songbooks and parlor-piano reprint collections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
It was a considerable expense for counties to reprint ballots.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2024
The exhibit starts by placing the traditional history of Venice’s construction next to a reprint of the Hippie Phone Book, a lovingly illustrated Yellow Pages-style guide to the community’s characters and businesses from the 1970’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
She pushes the menu button and selects Jobs list, from which she presses reprint.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
They had launched themselves in business two years earlier by acquiring the Modern Library, a line of affordable reprints, from a struggling firm where Cerf had worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Despite maintaining no wrongdoing, Ms Bellamy said she offered to take down the recipes from future reprints "to prevent further aggravation", and that this was communicated "swiftly" to Ms Maehashi.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
Those services included reprints, custom book printing, greeting cards and canvas prints.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
When Dahl died of a rare blood cancer in 1990 at age 74, reprints of his books described him as the world’s No. 1 storyteller.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
Mendel himself requested forty reprints, which he mailed, heavily annotated, to many scientists.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The pictures, reprinted here, reveal that as nutritional trends have shifted, cereal companies have adjusted their packaging in response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"After the original printing on 4 July, the news of the Declaration is travelling fast around North America and its being reprinted as it reaches each successive colony," he told BBC News.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
In response, she requested the book not be reprinted, and “Survivor” has become a rare and pricey collector’s item ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Which makes it puzzling that Jewett’s other books are so rarely reprinted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Every major newspaper in the country reprinted the article over the ensuing weeks, though only one, the Courier of New Hampshire, gave it the title that would echo through the ages—“Washington’s Farewell Address.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
In addition to reprinting the original articles, the book provides updates on how well the originally selected anomalies have stood the test of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
But the changes have led to a last-minute scramble among companies like his - right from reprinting labels to reflect new prices and balancing production with uncertain demand.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
“I would like to avoid reprinting the documents,” Shafer said, asking the electors to replace another Republican with Still.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
The company which manages the copyrights and trademarks of Dahl said it was not unusual to review language when reprinting books, and described any changes as "small and carefully considered".
From Reuters ● Feb. 20, 2023
A subsequent request brought permission for the reprinting of "Heart," which appeared in the Boston Notion for 13 and 20 March 1841 and in Roberts' Semi-Monthly Magazine for 1 and 15 April 1841.
From Tales for Fifteen by James Fenimore Cooper
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