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verb (used with object)

to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.

to reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.

to form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block: to print calico.

to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.

to write in letters like those commonly used in print: Print your name on these forms.

Computers. to produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.

to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).

to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.

to impress on the mind, memory, etc.

to fingerprint.

to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.: The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.

Photography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.

verb (used without object)

to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.

to produce by means of a reproduction process: to print in color; to print unevenly.

to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.: This type is too worn to print cleanly.

to write in characters such as are used in print: He'd rather print than use longhand.

to follow the vocation of a printer.

noun

the state of being printed.

printed lettering, especially with reference to character, style, or size: This print is too large for footnotes.

printed material.

a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.

newsprint.

a picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.

an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.

something with which an impression is made; a stamp or die.

a fingerprint.

Textiles.

a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, blocks of wood, stencils, etc.
a cloth so treated.
an article of apparel made of this cloth.

something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.

Photography. a picture, especially a positive made from a negative.

any reproduced image, as a blueprint.

Movies, Television. a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing; release print.

adjective

of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.

Verb Phrases

print in, Photography. burn¹(def 45).Also burn in.

print out, Computers. to make a printout of.

Idioms

in print,

in printed form; published.
(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.

out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.

Origin of print

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English prent(e), print(e), prient(e) < Old French priente impression, print, noun use of feminine past participle of preindre to press¹ < Latin premere; (v.) Middle English prenten, derivative of the noun

Related formsun·print·ed, adjectivewell-print·ed, adjective

Can be confusedprince prints

print.

printing.

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Related Words for print

engraving, photograph, stamp, writing, edition, magazine, book, newspaper, copy, type, lettering, lithograph, disseminate, publish, mark, imprint, engrave, reissue, reprint, impression

Examples from the Web for print

Contemporary Examples of print

They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
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Nico Hines
January 9, 2015
In “Sleigh Ride,” the narrator is painting a scene so perfect that it could be featured on an iconic Currier and Ives print.
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December 24, 2014
Scrooge is still with us, not just in print but embodied in the cold hearts and selfish calculations of misanthropes everywhere.
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Clive Irving
December 22, 2014
Esther Choi of Mokbar said she has made Korean potato pancakes called gam ja jun, and Charles Rodriguez of PRINT.
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December 17, 2014
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Historical Examples of print

Of course they did not use the letters which have been used to print this book.
Ancient Man
Hendrik Willem van Loon
He took it up and tried to read, but the print swam into thin, black smudges.
Viviette
William J. Locke
He sat down and picked up the newspaper, and the print was clear.
Viviette
William J. Locke
The final volume, by her own request, she received in print.
De Libris: Prose and Verse
Austin Dobson
At first there had been no definite thought of print in Mr, Edgeworth's mind.
De Libris: Prose and Verse
Austin Dobson

British Dictionary definitions for print

print

verb

to reproduce (text, pictures, etc), esp in large numbers, by applying ink to paper or other material by one of various processes

to produce or reproduce (a manuscript, a book, data, etc) in print, as for publication

to write (letters, etc) in the style of printed matter

to mark or indent (a surface) by pressing (something) onto it

to produce a photographic print from (a negative)

(tr) to implant or fix in the mind or memory

(tr) to make (a mark or indentation) by applying pressure

noun

printed matter such as newsprint

a printed publication such as a newspaper or book

in print

in printed or published form
(of a book, etc) offered for sale by the publisher

out of print no longer available from a publisher

a design or picture printed from an engraved plate, wood block, or other medium

printed text, esp with regard to the typeface usedsmall print

a positive photographic image in colour or black and white produced, usually on paper, from a negative image on filmCompare slide (def. 13)

a fabric with a printed design
(as modifier)a print dress

a mark or indentation made by pressing something onto a surface
a stamp, die, etc, that makes such an impression
the surface subjected to such an impression

See fingerprint

Word Origin for print

C13 priente, from Old French: something printed, from preindre to make an impression, from Latin premere to press

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Word Origin and History for print

c.1300, "impression, mark" (as by a stamp or seal), from Old French preinte "impression," noun use of fem. past participle of preindre "to press, crush," altered from prembre, from Latin premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). The Old French word also was borrowed into Middle Dutch (prente, Dutch prent) and other Germanic languages.

Meaning "printed lettering" is from 1620s; print-hand "print-like handwriting" is from 1658. Sense of "picture or design from a block or plate" is first attested 1660s. Meaning "piece of printed cloth" is from 1756. In Middle English, stigmata were called precious prentes of crist; to perceiven the print of sight was "to feel (someone's) gaze." Out of print "no longer to be had from the publisher" is from 1670s (to be in print is recorded from late 15c.). Print journalism attested from 1962.

mid-14c., prenten "to make an impression" (as with a seal, stamp, etc.), from print (n.). Meaning "to set a mark on any surface" (including by writing) is attested from late 14c. Meaning "to run off on a press" is recorded from 1510s (Caxton, 1474, used enprynte in this sense). In reference to textiles, 1580s. The photography sense is recorded from 1851 (the noun in this sense is from 1853). Meaning "to write in imitation of typography" is from 1801.

He always prints, I know, 'cos he learnt writin' from the large bills in the bookin' offices. [Charles Dickens, "Pickwick Papers," 1837]

The meaning "to record (someone's) fingerprints" is from 1952. Related: Printed; printing.