: a reproduction of an original work of art (such as a painting) made by a photomechanical process
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: an original work of art (such as a woodcut, etching, or lithograph) intended for graphic reproduction and produced by or under the supervision of the artist who designed it
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: cloth with a pattern or figured design applied by printing
Noun What is the print size of your book? an exhibit of 16th-century German printsVerb We printed 50 invitations before we ran out of ink. The new machine prints 30 pages per minute. Your tickets are being printed now. a slogan printed on a bumper sticker Your tickets are printing now. This printer allows you to print on both sides of a sheet of paper. They printed 10,000 copies of the book's new edition. I'm surprised they printed that cartoon in the paper. Her picture was printed in a magazine last month. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
His column appears in print every Monday in Datebook. Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022 The best of the 1,100 entries (35 online, 26 in print) went beyond the stock irritants with fresh oh-noooo ideas of comically horrible cluelessness/creepiness, or especially entertaining ways of phrasing the reliables. Pat Myers, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 Carr repeatedly aligned himself with his fellow Trump supporter in 2018, trumpeting Diehl in print amid his challenge of Warren and even hosting fund-raisers for the former lawmaker. Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022 Penned by Beth Revis, Han and Leia’s love story continues on in print. Meredith Woerner, Variety, 29 Aug. 2022 The Salt Lake Tribune will continue to share our reporting with you in print, online and on all of our social media pages. Jeff Parrott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 Much of what happens in media is foreshadowed in print first, with new characters, story ideas, etc. Goldie Chan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Nothing feels more official than having their relationship in print, and this modern stationery does just that. Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day, 15 Aug. 2022 Pushkin also intended to immortalize his great-grandfather Abram Petrovich Gannibal in print. Jennifer Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022
Verb
On both days, attendees will also get the chance to screen-print their own totes and T-shirts at the museum’s exhibit table.Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022 Eliminating this expense could even allow small tuning shops to print pistons and other complex engine components without the need to outsource manufacturing. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2021 The printers were allegedly identical to those used by retail stores to print coupons.Washington Post, 2 July 2021 In 2018, the government established printing centers at nine of the consulates, which now print the passports that are distributed at all 23 consulates.Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Instead, another Bend company, Ryder Election Services, printed ballots for the most recent August special election in Clackamas County and will print ballots again for the county in November.oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022 The bunny holds about 100 kilobytes of data, thanks to the addition of DNA-containing nanobeads to the plastic used to 3D print it. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2022 Roland was by then a member of the photography club and knew how to develop and print. Ian Mcewan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Their plan is to break into the mint and simply print a staggering amount of money, instead. Andy Meek, BGR, 27 June 2022
Adjective
Our new pre-print confirms face masks must be part of our plan! Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer recently cited Al-Aly’s pre-print study as rationale for wearing masks in indoor public settings to avoid reinfection. Rong-gong Lin Ii And Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer recently cited Al-Aly’s pre-print study as rationale for wearing masks in indoor public settings to avoid reinfection. Rong-gong Lin Ii And Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer recently cited Al-Aly’s pre-print study as rationale for wearing masks in indoor public settings to avoid reinfection. Rong-gong Lin Ii And Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer recently cited Al-Aly’s pre-print study as rationale for wearing masks in indoor public settings to avoid reinfection. Rong-gong Lin Ii And Luke Money, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer recently cited Al-Aly’s pre-print study as rationale for wearing masks in indoor public settings to avoid reinfection.Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Werthimer was recently one of the authors of a pre-print study led by Chinese researchers that identified a radio signal that several news outlets mistakenly reported as having characteristics of an alien civilization. Denise Chow, NBC News, 2 July 2022 But a new, small pre-print study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health offers some encouraging news about COVID rebounds. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English prente, from Anglo-French, from preint, prient, past participle of priendre to press, from Latin premere — more at press