# print

Pronunciation: say "PRINT" /pɹɪnt/

## Verb

1. To put text or images onto paper or another surface with a printer or press, making one or more physical copies.
   - Simple: To make copies of words or pictures on paper or another surface, usually with a machine.
   - _The press can print thousands of newspapers in a single night._
   - _They printed the entire manuscript before the deadline._
2. To publish text or images in a book, newspaper, or similar medium.
   - Simple: To put words or pictures into a book, newspaper, or magazine for people to read.
   - _The journal printed his findings after months of review._
   - _No reputable paper would print such an unverified claim._
7. To decorate a surface, especially fabric, by stamping colored designs or patterns onto it.
   - Simple: To press colored shapes or patterns onto cloth or paper.
   - _The mill prints intricate floral patterns onto bolts of silk._
   - _Artisans print the cloth using carved wooden blocks dipped in dye._
10. To write very clearly, forming each letter separately instead of joining them as in cursive.
   - Simple: To write letters clearly and separately, not joined together like in cursive.
   - _The teacher asked the children to print their answers neatly._
   - _She printed the address in block capitals on the envelope._
14. To display a string of text on the terminal or screen.
   - Simple: To show text on a computer screen.
   - _The script prints each result to the console as it runs._
   - _Call this function to print the user's input back to them._
15. To take a person's fingerprints, typically as part of an official record or booking.
   - Simple: To take someone's fingerprints, usually for police records.
   - _The booking sergeant printed the new arrestee and photographed him._
   - _Detectives wanted to print every employee who had access to the vault._
17. To press a mark, shape, or design into or onto a surface; also, to fix something firmly in the mind.
   - Simple: To press a mark into something, or to fix something firmly in someone's memory.
   - _Potters often print a small seal into the base of each bowl before it goes into the kiln._
   - _Every detail of that night was printed on her memory, down to the smell of rain on the porch._

## Noun

3. Material produced on printing presses, such as books and periodicals, taken as a whole or as a means of communication.
   - Simple: Books, newspapers, and other written material made on a press, taken as a whole.
   - _Many readers still prefer print, but most of the paper's new subscribers now read it on their phones._
   - _Her poems finally made it into print after years of rejection._
4. A picture produced in multiple copies by a printing process.
   - Simple: A picture made in many copies using a printing process.
   - _He collects limited-edition prints by local artists._
   - _The gallery displayed an original print signed by the artist._
5. A pattern or design printed on fabric, wallpaper, or another surface; also, fabric printed with such a design.
   - Simple: A pattern printed on a surface, such as cloth or paper, or cloth with a printed pattern.
   - _The designer is known for her vivid geometric prints._
   - _He wore a shirt with a paisley print._
8. The letters and characters that form the text of a document.
   - Simple: The letters and words you read on a printed page.
   - _The print on the contract was so small she needed a magnifier._
   - _Newspapers once used much larger print than they do today._
11. A mark left on a surface by the ridges of a fingertip.
   - Simple: A mark made by the lines on the tip of a finger.
   - _Investigators lifted a single print from the doorknob._
   - _Her print was found on the murder weapon._
12. A mark or impression left on a surface by something pressed against it, such as a foot, paw, or shoe.
   - Simple: A mark left where something pressed on a surface, like a foot or paw.
   - _Investigators photographed a clear boot print in the soft mud beside the back door._
   - _The soft clay kept the print of every finger that touched it._
9. A photograph reproduced on paper or a similar surface, whether from a film negative or a digital file.
   - Simple: A photo printed on paper, from film or from a digital picture.
   - _The darkroom produced a sharp black-and-white print._
   - _She ordered extra prints of the vacation photos._
13. Handwriting in which the letters are formed separately rather than joined as in cursive.
   - Simple: Handwriting where the letters stand separately and are not joined like cursive.
   - _His neat print filled every line of the notebook._
   - _The teacher could read her print but struggled with her cursive._
16. A copy of a film, prepared so that it can be projected onto a screen.
   - Simple: A copy of a movie, made so it can be shown in a theater.
   - _The archive restored a damaged print of the 1927 classic._
   - _Projectionists spliced the reels of each print before the screening._

## Adjective

6. Relating to printed publications such as newspapers and magazines, or working as a writer for them.
   - Simple: Connected to newspapers, magazines, and other printed media, or writing for them.
   - _She spent ten years as a print journalist before moving into television news._
   - _The company cut its print advertising budget in favor of digital campaigns._

## Noun

18. A newspaper, especially one issued regularly to carry news and reports. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A newspaper that people read for news.

## Other meanings

- (verb) Of a concealed weapon, to show its outline through clothing because it is poorly hidden.
- (verb) To produce a microchip by a process that resembles printing an image onto a surface.
- (verb) To produce an observable value, such as a price or economic figure that markets can see.
- (noun) A single reported figure or data point, especially a price or economic release that markets watch closely.
- (noun) A plaster cast molded in bas relief, used as a decorative element on walls or ceilings.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English printen, prenten, a shortened (apheretic) form of emprinten, enprinten ('to impress, imprint'). Close relatives are Dutch prenten ('to imprint') and Middle Low German prenten ('to print, write'). Late Old French printer, preindre ('to press'), which goes back to Latin premere ('to press'), is also comparable.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/print (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).