Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense prints , present participle printing , past tense, past participle printed
1. verb
If someone prints something such as a book or newspaper, they produce it in large quantities using a machine.
He started to print his own posters to distribute abroad. [VERB noun]
The Slovene bank has printed a specimen bank note. [VERB noun]
Our brochure is printed on environmentally-friendly paper. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
We found that television and radio gave rise to far fewer complaints than did the printed media. [VERB-ed]
In American English, print up means the same as print.
Community workers here are printing up pamphlets for peace demonstrations. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Hey, I know what, I'll get a bumper sticker printed up. [have/get n V-ed]
printing uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
His brother ran a printing and publishing company.
...stocks of paper and printing ink.
2. verb
We can only print letters which are accompanied by the writer's name and address. [VERB noun]
...a questionnaire printed in the magazine recently. [VERB-ed]
[Also be V-ed in n]publish, release, circulate, issue, disseminate3. verb
If numbers, letters, or designs are printed on a surface, they are put on it in ink or dye using a machine. You can also say that a surface is printed with numbers, letters, or designs.
...the number printed on the receipt. [VERB-ed]
The company has for some time printed its phone number on its products. [VERB noun + on]
The shirts were printed with a paisley pattern. [be VERB-ed + with]
'Ecu' was printed in lower case rather than capital letters. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
[Also V n, V prep/adv]mark, impress, stamp, imprint4. countable noun
A print is a piece of clothing or material with a pattern printed on it. You can also refer to the pattern itself as a print.
Her mother wore one of her dark summer prints.
In this living room we've mixed glorious floral prints.
...multi-coloured print jackets.
5. verb
When you print a photograph, you produce it from a negative.
Printing a black-and-white negative on to colour paper produces a similar monochrome effect. [V n + onto/from]
I selected two negatives to print from. [V n onto/from n]
[Also VERB noun]6. countable noun
A print is a photograph from a film that has been developed.
...black and white prints of Margaret and Jean as children. [+ of]
...35mm colour print films.
photograph, photo, snap7. countable noun
8. countable noun
A print is one of a number of copies of a particular picture. It can be either a photograph, something such as a painting, or a picture made by an artist who puts ink on a prepared surface and presses it against paper.
...William Hogarth's famous series of prints.
picture, plate, etching, engraving, lithograph, woodcut, linocut9. uncountable noun
10. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
The print media consists of newspapers and magazines, but not television or radio.
I have been convinced that the print media are more accurate and more reliable than television.
...print journalists.
11. verb
If you print words, you write in letters that are not joined together and that look like the letters in a book or newspaper.
Print your name and address on a postcard and send it to us. [VERB noun]
12. countable noun
You can refer to a mark left by someone's foot as a print.
He crawled from print to print, sniffing at the earth, following the scent left in the tracks.
...boot prints.
13. countable noun [usually plural]
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