printed
- 1Made on paper using a printing machine or a computer printer.
Like letters a machine stamps onto paper instead of you writing them.
The printed pages slid out of the machine one by one.
She handed me a printed copy of the letter.
Oppositehandwritten, digital, electronic
- 2Simple past and past participle of print. Use this form for printing that already happened.
The shop printed our wedding invitations last month.
She printed the report before the meeting started.
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- 3Written by hand with letters kept separate, not joined like in cursive.
Please use printed letters on the form, not cursive.
Her printed handwriting was easy to read.
Similarhandprinted, hand-printed
Oppositecursive
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- 4Short for 3D printed. Used for objects built up in layers by a 3D printer.
The printed bracket snapped because the layers were weak.
We replaced the broken handle with a printed one.
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- 5Sent as output into a computer file by a program.
Like writing your answers in a notebook instead of saying them out loud.
The printed results were saved in a file on the disk.
We opened the file to check the printed numbers.
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printed is a form of print
print, verb: To make copies of words or pictures on paper or another surface, usually with a machine. Full entry
- Spelling
- print → printed: add -ed
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