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print

//pɹɪnt//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
prints

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
print
past (v2)
printed
past participle (v3)
printed
present participle
printing
3rd person singular
prints

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.

    • Write in print using block letters.
  2. 2.The letters forming the text of a document.

    • The print is too small for me to read.
  3. 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).

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