reprint
Americanverb (used with object)
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
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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."
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
Peter Thiel wrote an introduction to the 2020 reprint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
“You could just reprint them, because nothing changes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
It was a considerable expense for counties to reprint ballots.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2024
I’ve also chosen some e-mail to partially reprint here.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
They had launched themselves in business two years earlier by acquiring the Modern Library, a line of affordable reprints, from a struggling firm where Cerf had worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
A spokesperson for Ms Reeves rejected the accusations, adding: "These were inadvertent mistakes and will be rectified in future reprints."
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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
Mendel himself requested forty reprints, which he mailed, heavily annotated, to many scientists.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
"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
Politico cited and reprinted the quote that Bannon gave to the Washington Post.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Midwestern newspapers reprinted the blasts of Wendell Phillips in the East, and of Editor Horace Greeley, who asked rhetorically if this man Lincoln was the sole hope of the Republican Party.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
In addition to reprinting the original articles, the book provides updates on how well the originally selected anomalies have stood the test of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
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
Brockman followed with a post on X reprinting a message he sent to OpenAI employees in which he wrote, “based on today’s news, i quit.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
“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
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 Calderwood, Henry
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