Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense reprints, present participle reprinting, past tense, past participle reprintedpronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (riːprɪnt). The noun is pronounced (riːprɪnt).
1. verb [usually passive]
If a book is reprinted, further copies of it are printed when all the other ones have been sold.
It remained an exceptionally rare book until it was reprinted in 1918. [beVERB-ed]
2. countable noun
A reprint is a process in which new copies of a book or article are printed because all the other ones have been sold.
Demand picked up and a reprint was required last November.
3. countable noun
A reprint is a new copy of a book or article, printed because all the other ones have beensold or because minor changes have been made to the original.
...a reprint of a 1962 novel. [+ of]
reprint in British English
noun (ˈriːˌprɪnt)
1.
a reproduction in print of any matter already published; offprint
2.
a reissue of a printed work using the same type, plates, etc, as the original
verb (riːˈprɪnt)
3. (transitive)
to print again
Derived forms
reprinter (reˈprinter)
noun
reprint in American English
(riˈprɪnt; also, and for n. always, ˈriˌprɪnt)
verb transitive
1.
to print again; print an additional impression of, usually without change
noun
2.
something reprinted
; specif.,
a.
an additional impression, usually without change, of something previously printed,as a book or pamphlet
b.
UNRESOLVED CROSS REF
c. Philately
a stamp, not to be used for postage, printed from the original plate, often with different paper and ink, after the issue of the stamp has ceased
3.
the act or an instance of reprinting
Derived forms
reprinter (reˈprinter)
noun
Examples of 'reprint' in a sentence
reprint
So we decided to reprint important original documents from which scholars have to draw so much.
Christianity Today (2000)
The magazine is to be reprinted without the cartoon.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The book had been reprinted and the publisher was to send the new copies to the auditorium.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And indeed they were: the book was reprinted ten times in nine months.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
In other languages
reprint
British English: reprint VERB
If a book is reprinted, further copies of it are printed when all the other ones have been sold.
It remained an exceptionally rare book until it was reprinted several decades later.
American English: reprint
Brazilian Portuguese: reimprimir
Chinese: 重印
European Spanish: reimprimir
French: réimprimer
German: nachdrucken
Italian: ristampare
Japanese: 増刷する
Korean: > 재판이 발행되다책의
European Portuguese: reimprimir
Latin American Spanish: reimprimir
British English: reprint NOUN
A reprint is a process in which new copies of a book or article are printed because all the other ones have been sold.
Demand picked up and a reprint was required last November.