(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If someone ~s something such as a book or newspaper, they produce it in large quantities using a machine.
He started to ~ his own posters to distribute abroad...
Our brochure is ~ed on environmentally-friendly paper...
We found that television and radio gave rise to far fewer complaints than did the ~ed media.
VERB: V n, be V-ed prep/adv, V-ed
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In American English, ~ up means the same as ~ .
Community workers here are ~ing up pamphlets for peace demonstrations...
Hey, I know what, I’ll get a bumper sticker ~ed up.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), have/get n V-ed
~ing
His brother ran a ~ing and publishing company.
...stocks of paper and ~ing ink.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
2.
If a newspaper or magazine ~s a piece of writing, it includes it or publishes it.
We can only ~ letters which are accompanied by the writer’s name and address.
...a questionnaire ~ed in the magazine recently.
= publish
VERB: V n, V-ed
3.
If numbers, letters, or designs are ~ed on a surface, they are put on it in ink or dye using a machine. You can also say that a surface is ~ed with numbers, letters, or designs.
...the number ~ed on the receipt...
The company has for some time ~ed its phone number on its products...
The shirts were ~ed with a paisley pattern...
‘Ecu’ was ~ed in lower case rather than capital letters.
VERB: V-ed, V n on n, be V-ed with n, be V-ed prep/adv
4.
A ~ is a piece of clothing or material with a pattern ~ed on it. You can also refer to the pattern itself as a ~.
In this living room we’ve mixed glorious floral ~s.
...multi-coloured ~ jackets.
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5.
When you ~ a photograph, you produce it from a negative.
Printing a black-and-white negative on to colour paper produces a similar monochrome effect...
VERB: V n onto/from n
6.
A ~ is a photograph from a film that has been developed.
...black and white ~s of Margaret and Jean as children.
...35mm colour ~ films.
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7.
A ~ of a cinema film is a particular copy or set of copies of it.
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8.
A ~ 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 ~s.
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9.
Print is used to refer to letters and numbers as they appear on the pages of a book, newspaper, or ~ed document.
...columns of tiny ~...
Laser ~ers give high quality ~.
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10.
The ~ media consists of newspapers and magazines, but not television or radio.
I have been convinced that the ~ media are more accurate and more reliable than television.
ADJ: ADJ n
11.
If you ~ 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: V n
12.
You can refer to a mark left by someone’s foot as a ~.
He crawled from ~ to ~, sniffing at the earth, following the scent left in the tracks.
...boot ~s.
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13.
You can refer to invisible marks left by someone’s fingers as their ~s.
Fresh ~s of both girls were found in the flat.
= finger~
N-COUNT: usu pl
14.
see also ~ing
15.
If you appear in ~, or get into ~, what you say or write is published in a book, newspaper, or magazine.
Many of these poets appeared in ~ only long after their deaths...
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR
16.
The small ~ or the fine ~ of something such as an advertisement or a contract consists of the technical details and legal conditions, which are often ~ed in much smaller letters than the rest of the text.
I’m looking at the small ~; I don’t want to sign anything that I shouldn’t sign...
PHRASE