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
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
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."
Example Sentences
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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
The temblors have coincided with viral panic stemming from the 2021 reprint of a comic book that many are now interpreting as a clairvoyant prediction of a major earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
It was a considerable expense for counties to reprint ballots.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2024
She’d begged Mia to take another round, or to reprint the series, but Mia had refused.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Yet even though it reprints 25 key works, “Vampire Tales” can only sample the canon of important Victorian-era stories of the undead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Knopf said it would remove the Audubon name and logo from future guides and reprints.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
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
"Seriously? A 1976 or one of the reprints?"
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
"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
The “Letters of Junius” were widely reprinted in the colonies, and Richmond would become the first member of the House of Lords to endorse American independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
The hymn, reprinted in hymnbooks since the late 18th century, is still sung by many Presbyterian and Baptist congregations in the U.S. and the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
From there, they were sent to London, where they were reprinted.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Mr. Groom begins by reprinting five proto-Draculan works from 1819.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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 Kentucky Supreme Court has rejected the neutral reportage doctrine—which would grant defamation immunity to publishers for reprinting ‘newsworthy statements.’”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
It is a pleasant task to thank the authors and publishers who have assented to the reprinting of these pieces.
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
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