print

UK /pɹɪnt/ US /pɹɪnt/
verb 5noun 5adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

a print edition of a book

verb

1

To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.

Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions.

2

To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.

The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.

3

To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.

Print your name here and sign below.

I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.

4

To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.

How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?

From the moment he prints, he must expect to hear no more truth.

5

To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.

to print calico

noun

1

Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.

Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.

TV and the Internet haven't killed print.

2

Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.

Write in print using block letters.

3

The letters forming the text of a document.

The print is too small for me to read.

4

A newspaper.

I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take in what had happened since. Now I know none of the names in the public prints […]

5

A visible impression on a surface.

Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.

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