# printing

Pronunciation: US say "PRIN-ing" /ˈpɹɪnɪŋ/; UK

## Noun

1. The process or business of producing printed material using inked type, a press, or similar technology.
   - Simple: The work of making books, newspapers, and other printed pages using machines.
   - _Printing transformed how quickly knowledge could spread across Europe._
   - _The company outsourced its printing to a specialist firm overseas._
3. Handwritten characters formed individually rather than joined together in cursive script.
   - Simple: Letters written by hand with each one separate, not joined together.
   - _The form asks you to fill it out in printing, not cursive._
   - _Her printing was so precise it almost looked typeset._
4. Printed material considered collectively, such as books, pamphlets, and other published items.
   - Simple: Material that has been printed, such as books, newspapers, and leaflets.
   - _The archive holds rare printing from the early colonial period._
   - _Dealers gathered to bid on antique printing and manuscripts._
5. All the copies of a publication produced in one batch; the same thing as a print run.
   - Simple: All the copies of a book or other publication made in a single batch.
   - _The first printing of the novel numbered ten thousand copies._
   - _Later printings corrected the typos found in the original._

## Verb

2. Present participle of print. — present participle and gerund of print
   - Simple: Present participle of print. Use this -ing form when the action is happening right now.
   - _The press is printing thousands of copies an hour._
   - _We are printing the final report before the meeting starts._

## Origin

Formed from "print" combined with the suffix "-ing".

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