printnoun
uk/prɪnt/us/prɪnt/print noun (TEXT)
C2 [ U ] letters, numbers, or symbols that have been produced on paper by a machine using ink:
[ U ] newspapers, books, and magazines:
C2 If a book is in print, it is possible to buy a new copy of it, and if it is out of print, it is not now possible:
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- All his hard work was rewarded when he saw his book in print.
- a book with dense print
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- indentation
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publication
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- stamp
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print noun (PICTURE)
C1 [ C ] a photographic copy of a painting, or a picture made by pressing paper onto a special surface covered in ink, or a single photograph from a film:
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- exposure
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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print noun (PATTERN)
[ C ] any type of pattern produced using ink on a piece of clothing:
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- marbled
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- silhouette
- spotted
- streak
- stripe
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
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print noun (FINGERPRINT)
[ C ] informal for fingerprint noun :
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The hand
- -fingered
- carpal
- carpometacarpal
- carpus
- digitorum
- fingerprint
- flat
- knuckle
- little finger
- middle finger
- palm
- paw
- pollicis
- right-handed
- ring finger
- thenar
- triquetrum
- two-handed
- volar
- volaris
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printverb
uk/prɪnt/us/prɪnt/print verb (TEXT)
A2 [ I or T ] to produce writing or images on paper or other material with a machine:
B2 [ T ] to include a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine:
B2 [ T ] to produce a newspaper, magazine, or book in large quantities:
More examples
- This sentence is printed in italics.
- The newspaper printed a retraction for their previous error.
- The author's name was printed below the title.
- The instructions are printed so small I can hardly read them.
- The book has been printed in six languages and in braille.
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- indentation
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publication
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- stamp
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print verb (WRITE)
[ I or T ] to write without joining the letters together:
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Writing & typing
- asterisk
- borrow
- chalk
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write sth up
- written
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print verb (PICTURE)
[ T ] to produce a photograph on paper:
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- exposure
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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print verb (PATTERN)
[ T ] to produce a pattern on material or paper:
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- indentation
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- landscape
- plate
- printer
- publication
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- stamp
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