print

Plural: prints

Noun

the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
- "I want to see it in print"
a picture or design printed from an engraving
a visible indication made on a surface
- "paw prints were everywhere"
availability in printed form
- "we've got to get that story into print"
- "his book is no longer in print"
a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)
a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
The letters forming the text of a document.
A newspaper.
A visible impression on a surface.
A fingerprint.
A footprint.
A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
A copy of a film that can be projected.
Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
A plaster cast in bas relief.
A datum.
A pattern or design.

Verb

Verb Forms: printed, printing, prints

To produce text or images on a surface using ink and a press.
put into print
- "These news should not be printed"
write as if with print; not cursive
make into a print
- "print the negative"
reproduce by printing
To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
To display a string on the terminal.
To produce an observable value.
To fingerprint (a person).

Adj

Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

Examples

a print edition of a book
Did the police find any prints at the scene?
He wished he could print a copy of his winning Words With Friends board for posterity.
How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.
On March 16, 2020, the S&P printed at 2,386.13, one of the worst drops in history.
Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
Print your name here and sign below.
The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
The print is too small for me to read.
Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.
to print calico
TV and the Internet haven't killed print.
Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
Write in print using block letters.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).

Synonyms

impress, mark, photographic print, publish, imprintery

Antonyms

cursive

Scrabble Score: 7

print: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
print: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
print: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

print: valid Words With Friends Word