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.
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.
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.
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.
out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
in print,
in printed form; published.
(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
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
printed matter such as newsprint
a printed publication such as a newspaper or book
in printed or published form
(of a book, etc) offered for sale by the publisher
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 used
small print
a positive photographic image in colour or black and white produced, usually on paper, from a negative image on film Compare slide
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
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 press 1 < Latin premere; (v.) Middle English prenten, derivative of the noun
Print is text, type, or writing — it's the words you write on paper or read in a book. If you print your name, you don’t write it in cursive. You write it so someone can actually read it. When something's "in print," it's been published. Another kind of print, besides text (letters, numbers, and characters), is the impression left by a finger (a fingerprint), a foot, or even an animal's paw. The verb to print means to write in clear, block letters, or to publish a copy of a book, newspaper, or magazine. If something's "out of print," it's hard to find because no one is publishing new copies of it.
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Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The story, published in November, appeared in The Sun online and in print.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Some of those fans have been inspired to go back to the source, with sales of print editions rising by 700% in the UK last week compared with the same period in 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Appeared in the July 22, 2026, print edition as 'President Prepares New Tack In Tariff Campaign'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Her finger pointed at, but never pressed, the print button.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
"It's what we call a tridactyl print. It's got these three toes that are very, very clear in the print."
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
“You gotta read the fine print. If you apply to FEMA, you have to pay that back within a year or they’ll take it out of your taxes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
"Recent fuel price cuts will start to affect inflation in the May print. We expect -1.5% m-o-m for gasoline, with a contribution of -7 basis points to the headline," UBS economists wrote in a report.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2023
“I am a glutton for print. I love books in every way. I love them more than most human beings.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2022
“Not a particle. People believe almost anything they see in print. Does anybody here know how to spell ‘terrific’?”
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
The photographic technologies utilized begin with daguerreotypes and include stereoscopic prints, a cyanotype, gelatin silver prints, large-format chromogenic works and images created with digital manipulation, neatly demonstrating the show’s long time span.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“There is a logical element of profit-taking as investors trim winners ahead of the next earnings prints to reassess pricing durability and hyperscaler capex cadence.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Olivia later re-branded and named the business Murci, deciding to include a "unique" look with "placement prints".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
In 1942, he would do the same for “Wake Island” in the midst of World War II. His work was later etched into metal plates and used to mass-produce publicity prints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
They followed the prints for a few seconds until they reached the field and a fresh path of dead roses.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
The ticket was purchased through United Airlines, but the flight was operated by Air Canada, and it proved very challenging to get a new ticket printed with the correct name spelling, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Someone asked me in a comment if he had just printed the magazines, and someone would come and grab them from that house, and I was just like, “You have completely wrong information.”
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
His design costs roughly £74 and involves about ten components, from the printed pieces that the liquid flows through, to a membrane, gaskets, electrodes and current collectors.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He’s tiny and delicate, with a full head of black hair, sleeping, wrapped in a blanket printed sparingly with rubber ducks.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Dozens of green papers, each printed with the number 100 in the corners, drifted down around them.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Bauer-Kahan noted at a Senate hearing that she is working to address concerns raised by 3-D printing users and industries that rely on the technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Inkjet printing is no longer used only for documents and images.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
When the postal service first started printing stamps and recording the price in 1885, it cost 2 cents for postage on a 1-ounce letter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
The 2008 law, enacted by the SAD-BJP government, regulated the printing, publication, distribution and handling of the Guru Granth Sahib and barred its unauthorised printing or publication.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
It was only printing that ensured that a significant number of astronomers had access to Regiomontanus’s text on parallax after 1531.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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