//pɹɪnt//
Forms
- Plural
- prints
- present (v1)
- past (v2)
- printed
- past participle (v3)
- printed
- present participle
- printing
- 3rd person singular
- prints
Definitions
1.Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
1.To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
- Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
2.To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
- Print your name here and sign below.
- I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.
3.To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
- How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
- From the moment he prints, he must expect to hear no more truth.
4.To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
- The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
1.Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
- Write in print using block letters.
2.The letters forming the text of a document.
- The print is too small for me to read.
3.Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
- TV and the Internet haven't killed print.
- Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2272
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint).