📒 to produce letters, pictures, etc. on paper using a machine that puts ink (= coloured liquid) on the surface
- print (something) I'm printing a copy of the document for you.
- Do you want your address printed at the top of the letter?
- (computing) Click on the icon when you want to print.
📒 to produce books, newspapers, etc. by printing them in large quantities
- They printed 30 000 copies of the book.
- The firm specializes in printing calendars.
- She had the memoir privately printed in a limited edition.
📒 to publish something in printed form
- The photo was printed in all the national newspapers.
- The magazine was sued for printing a libellous article about her family.
📒 to produce a photograph on paper from a digital file or from film
- Photographs can be printed from a digital file or from a negative.
📒 to write without joining the letters together
- Print your name and address clearly in the space provided.
- He had printed his name in capitals at the bottom of the picture.
- In some countries children learn to print when they first go to school.
📒 to make a mark on a soft surface by pressing
- The tracks of the large animal were clearly printed in the sand.
- (figurative) The memory of that day was indelibly printed on his brain.
📒 to make a design on a surface or cloth by pressing a surface against it which has been coloured with ink or dye
- print A on B They had printed their own design on the T-shirt.
- print B with A a T-shirt printed with their own design
📒 used to describe a business that makes a lot of money with little effort
📒 having no value, especially legally, or because one of the people involved has no intention of doing what they said they would
📒 what is published in books, newspapers, etc.
- the power of the printed word