reprint
Americannoun
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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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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."
Example Sentences
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Publishers energetically reprint the interwar backlist; film producers confidently invest in adaptations and pastiches; and genre authors such as Anthony Horowitz and Ruth Ware combine traditional conventions with contemporary sensibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
This was emphasized by Amelia Simmons in her 1796 cookbook, “American Cookery” — the first of its kind in the U.S. — a reprint of which King owned and referenced to craft her own product.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2024
It was a considerable expense for counties to reprint ballots.
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2024
The following is a reprint of a column that first ran on Dec. 25, 2018.
From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2023
A reprint, not nearly as large as the one he saw in Frederick’s living room, but dazzling nonetheless: four hundred and thirty-five engravings.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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