Etymology From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
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Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
a print edition of a book
print
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Etymology From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
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.2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN:
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To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
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Ambitransitive 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.
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Ambitransitive 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.1716, Alexander Pope, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Preface:
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To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
to print calico
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To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
A look will print a thought that never may remove.c. 1547?, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Description of the Fickel Affections, Pangs, and Slights of Love:
Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, / Which in that field young Edward's sword did print.1629, Sir John Beaumont, Bosworth Field:
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some footsteps printed in the clay1701, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Silenus:
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To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, / That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.1697, Virgil, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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Slang To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
However, when you print the string you can see only 11 characters (c, a, r, ', s,, w, h, e, e, l).2010, Chuck Easttom, Advanced JavaScript, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 217:
On the RHS side we write the current date to the variable date and print it to the terminal window, followed by the string "Chris coming home...." .2015, Othmar Kyas, How To Smart Home: A Step by Step Guide to Your Personal Internet of Things, Key Concept Press, →ISBN:
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Business, FinanceAmbitransitive To produce an observable value.
On March 16, 2020, the S&P printed at 2,386.13, one of the worst drops in history.
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To fingerprint (a person).
Maybe we'll get lucky; maybe he was printed for some minor infraction in some backwater town.1998, Eric Lustbader, Pale Saint, page 24:
Etymology From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
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.
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Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
Write in print using block letters.
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The letters forming the text of a document.
The print is too small for me to read.
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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 […]1978, Philip Larkin, The Winter Palace:
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A visible impression on a surface.
Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
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A fingerprint.
Did the police find any prints at the scene?
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A footprint.
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Arts, Visual art, Visual arts A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets.1957 August 23, “Notes and News: Tithebarn Street Station, Liverpool”, in Railway Magazine, page 589:
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Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
The poor are very unreasonable; a kind look and word often go farther in winning upon their affection than even a piece of coarse flannel, or a remnant of dark print.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 20–21:
The reference index is calculated using monthly CPI prints but with a lag of between two and three months.2023, Ilia Bouchouev, Virtual Barrels : Quantitative Trading in the Oil Market, Springer, →ISBN, page 150:
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A pattern or design.
Many designers consider leopard print rugs and carpeting to be classic floor coverings whose popularity spans centuries and continents.2013, Boles, Jennifer, The peak of chic, New York : Clarkson Potter, page 117:
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Ireland, UK, Dialectal A pat of butter, especially one pressed with a die.
A nice half griddle of whole-meal bread and a print of fresh butter were now produced, and Molly helped the mistress with her own hands.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 380: