printing

Plural: printings

Noun

• The process or business of producing books, newspapers, or other printed matter.
• text handwritten in the style of printed matter
• the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
• reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
• all the copies of a work printed at one time
  • "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"
• The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
• Synonym of printed matter.
• Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
• Handwritten characters that are not joined up.

Verb

• put into print
• write as if with print; not cursive
• make into a print
• reproduce by printing
• present participle and gerund of print

Examples

• In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.
• She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.
• The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster.
• The latest printing of the official Scrabble dictionary included many new playable words.
• They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.

Synonyms

impress, impression, print, printing process, publish, imprintery, print run, printed matter

Antonyms

cursive#Noun