print

print1 [ prınt ] verb ***

1. ) intransitive or transitive to produce words, numbers, pictures, etc. on paper, using a printer or PRINTING PRESS:

I had already printed twenty pages when I noticed the page numbers were all wrong.

We plan to print 50,000 copies in the initial run.

print on: You can print on both sides of the paper.

print something on something: The book is beautifully printed on quality paper.

print in color/black and white/bold type etc.: The advanced technology will enable the newspaper to print in color.

a ) transitive to publish something in a newspaper or magazine:

They refused to print my letter as it was too critical.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to write by hand using individual letters that are not joined together:

Please be sure to print your name next to your signature.

3. ) transitive usually passive to create a mark on a surface by pressing something into it:

You can see someone's initials printed in the sand there.

4. ) intransitive or transitive to produce a photograph on paper

the printed word

anything that you read in a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.:

The printed word has faced growing competition from new technology.

,print `out or print off phrasal verb transitive

to produce a copy of a computer document from a printer:

Should I print out that graph now?

print

print 2 [ prınt ] noun **

▸ 1 mark made by pressing

▸ 2 letters made by pressing

▸ 3 image made by pressing

▸ 4 photograph

▸ 5 cloth with pattern

▸ 6 copy of movie

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count a mark made by pressing something onto a surface:

See that hand print in the mud?

There were huge paw prints right outside our tent.

a ) count usually plural a FINGERPRINT:

We found no prints on either the glass or the telephone.

2. ) uncount letters or other symbols made by pressing ink, paint, etc. on paper or a similar surface:

The print is too small to read.

Many of her novels are available in large print.

bold print (=thick, dark print): All the figures that have changed are shown in bold print.

3. ) count an image created by pressing a special piece of wood, metal, etc. with a raised design on it onto paper or another surface:

There were only a few prints of this made by the artist.

a potato print

a ) a picture that is a copy of a painting:

a collection of Rembrandt prints

4. ) count a photograph developed from a NEGATIVE:

Those old black and white prints are much more sensitive to light.

5. ) count or uncount a piece of clothing or cloth with a pattern printed on it:

She was wearing a bold flowered print.

6. ) count one of several copies of a movie, for use in movie theaters

in print

1. ) printed in a book, magazine or newspaper:

How does it feel to finally see one of your articles in print?

2. ) a book, magazine, etc. that is in print is still available to buy from its publisher:

Is that old grammar book still in print?

out of print

a book, magazine, etc. that is out of print is no longer being published