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
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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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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 couple extended their forgiveness to Glowatski then, which Godfrey detailed in a 2019 reprint of her book.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
It is hard not to imagine de Vries, in his study in Amsterdam on a gray March morning, slitting open that reprint and running his eyes through the first paragraph.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The company doesn’t charge for inclusion in the rankings but does sell plaques and reprints to those who make the lists; Forbes and Shook Research share that revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Costco’s photo reprints and services center were a boon for customers seeking discounted prices for bulk-printed holiday cards and invitations, large-scale prints and customized calendars.
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
Abolitionists sold reprints of his image to raise money for their efforts.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 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 New York Times, as I learned this week, reprinted the entire document—a secular imprimatur of the highest kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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
In the coming months, the media reprinted and rehashed each other’s old stories, and ran speculative tales about the frozen northlands.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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
A few weeks ago we spoke of the reprinting, by Carter & Brothers, of the Sermons of Archer Butler, a body of preaching so strong and massive as to be really wonderful.
From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Henry Calderwood
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