Printed Printing Print Prɪnt Surface Address Produce Paper

• i'm printing a copy of the document for you.
• do you want your address printed at the top of the letter?
• click on the icon when you want to print.
• each card is printed with a different message.

print

Verb Forms

1. to produce letters, pictures, etc. on paper using a machine that puts ink (= coloured liquid) on the surface
• I'm printing a copy of the document for you.
• Do you want your address printed at the top of the letter?
• Click on the icon when you want to print.
• Each card is printed with a different message.

Extra Examples

• I couldn't get the graphics to print correctly.
• The images are scanned onto computers and digitally printed.
• The message was printed in blue ink.
• printing from a file
2. 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.

Extra Examples

• She had the memoir privately printed in a limited edition.
• The book is beautifully printed on good quality paper.
• We had the first issue of the newsletter professionally printed.
• a leaflet printed on recycled paper
• He was handing out cheaply printed business cards.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. to make a mark on a soft surface by pressing
• The tracks of the large animal were clearly printed in the sand.
• The memory of that day was indelibly printed on his brain.
7. to make a design on a surface or cloth by pressing a surface against it which has been coloured with ink or dye
• They had printed their own design on the T-shirt.
• a T-shirt printed with their own design
8. used to describe a business that makes a lot of money with little effort
9. having no value, especially legally, or because one of the people involved has no intention of doing what they said they would
10. what is published in books, newspapers, etc.
• the power of the printed word

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting the impression made by a stamp or seal): from Old French preinte ‘pressed’, feminine past participle of preindre, from Latin premere ‘to press’.