Print | Mean of print in English Dictionary

/ˈprɪnt/

• Verb
• to cause (words, images, etc.) to appear on paper or cloth by using a machine (called a printer)
1. We printed 50 invitations before we ran out of ink.
2. Could you print (up) another copy of last quarter's report?
3. The new machine prints 30 pages per minute.
4. Your tickets are being printed now.
5. a slogan printed on a bumper sticker
6. We printed the new logo on the T-shirts. = We printed the T-shirts with the new logo.
7. Your tickets are printing now.
8. This printer allows you to print on both sides of a sheet of paper.
• to use a machine (called a printing press) to produce (books, newspapers, magazines, etc.)
1. They printed 10,000 copies of the book's new edition.
• to include (something) in a book, newspaper, magazine, etc.
1. I'm surprised they printed that cartoon/story in the paper.
2. Her picture was printed in a magazine last month.

• to write (something) using separate letters that do not join together
1. Print your name and address in the space provided.
2. Once you learn how to print, then you can move on to cursive writing.
• to produce (a photograph) on paper
1. Please print two copies of all the pictures on that roll.
2. Our vacation pictures are on my computer, but I haven't printed them yet.
• to produce a paper copy of (a document that is on a computer)
1. Could you print out another copy for me?
• Noun
• the process of making a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.
1. The editor's job is to prepare the manuscript for print. [=for publication]
2. He was glad to get one of his poems into print. [=into a published magazine, book, etc.]
3. Her first novel is still in print. [=her first novel is still being printed for sale]
4. His biography has been out of print for years. [=his biography is no longer being printed]
5. When is the book scheduled to go to print? [=when is the book supposed to be sent to the printer?]
• the letters, numbers, or symbols used in printing something
1. books with large print = large-print books [=books with large letters for people who have difficulty seeing]
2. What is the print size of your book?
• a photograph that is printed on paper
1. black-and-white prints
2. She bought a print [=a photographic copy] of the painting for her room.
• a picture made from pressing an inked surface on paper
1. a woodblock print
2. an exhibit of 16th-century German prints
• a mark made on the surface of something: such as
• cloth that has a pattern printed on it
1. The fabric store had a variety of plaids and prints available.
2. a floral print dress
• of, relating to, or writing for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.
1. print journalists/journalism
2. print ads/media