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print

UK/pɹɪnt/ US/ˈprɪnt/ common slang uk
verb (4) noun (6)

verb

1.

put into print

  • “The newspaper published the news of the royal couple”
  • “;”
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2.

write as if with print; not cursive

3.

make into a print

  • “print the negative”
4.

noun

1.

the result of the printing process

  • “I want to see it in black and white”
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2.
3.

a visible indication made on a surface

  • “some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks”
  • “paw prints were everywhere”
Synonyms
4.

a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

5.

a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

6.

Origin

From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).

Phrases

  • 3D print
  • animal print
  • answer print
  • bark at print
  • carbon print
  • catch print
  • clear as print
  • combined print

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