PRINT


Meaning of PRINT in English

(~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

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.

N-COUNT

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 ~.

N-UNCOUNT

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

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