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Verb: print  print
  1. Reproduce text or images for public distribution
    "This news should not be printed";
    - publish
     
  2. Reproduce by printing
    "The newspaper printed 100,000 copies of the special edition";
    - impress
     
  3. Make into a print
    "print the negative"
     
  4. Write as if with print; not cursive
    "The child carefully printed her name on the form"
Noun: print  print
  1. The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
    "I want to see it in print"
     
  2. A printed picture produced from a photographic negative
    "She framed the photographic print and hung it on the wall";
    - photographic print
     
  3. A picture or design printed from an engraving
    "The collector admired the detailed print of the old city"
     
  4. A visible indication made on a surface
    "paw prints were everywhere";
    - mark
     
  5. Availability in printed form
    "we've got to get that story into print"; "his book is no longer in print"
     
  6. A fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
    "She chose a dress with a floral print for the summer party"
     
  7. A copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)
    "The cinema received a new print of the classic film for its anniversary screening"

Derived forms: prints, printed, printing

Type of: accessibility, availability, availableness, black and white, cloth, copy, create, exposure, fabric, graphic art, handiness, indicant, indication, make, material, photo, photograph, pic [informal], piccy [informal], picture, produce, reproduce, textile, write, written communication, written language

Encyclopedia: Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts