print

adjective

1. not comparable Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications. a print edition of a book

verb prints · printing · printed · print

1. transitive 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 produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image. The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
3. ambitransitive To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive. Print your name here and sign below.
4. ambitransitive To publish in a book, newspaper, etc. How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
5. transitive To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns. to print calico
6. transitive To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something. A look will print a thought that never may remove.
7. transitive To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure. Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, / That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.
8. intransitive, slang To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.
9. transitive To display a string on the terminal. However, when you print the string you can see only 11 characters (c, a, r, ', s,, w, h, e, e, l).
10. ambitransitive To produce an observable value. On March 16, 2020, the S&P printed at 2,386.13, one of the worst drops in history.
11. transitive To fingerprint (a person). Maybe we'll get lucky; maybe he was printed for some minor infraction in some backwater town.

noun prints

1. uncountable Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium. Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.
2. uncountable Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive. Write in print using block letters.
3. uncountable The letters forming the text of a document. The print is too small for me to read.
4. countable A newspaper. I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take in what had happened since. Now I know none of the names in the public prints […]
5. countable, uncountable A visible impression on a surface. Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
6. countable, uncountable A fingerprint. Did the police find any prints at the scene?
7. countable, uncountable A footprint.
8. countable, uncountable A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing. An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets.
9. countable, uncountable A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.

   Similar: imprintery

10. countable, uncountable A copy of a film that can be projected.
11. countable, uncountable Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it. The poor are very unreasonable; a kind look and word often go farther in winning upon their affection than even a piece of coarse flannel, or a remnant of dark print.
12. countable, uncountable A plaster cast in bas relief.
13. countable, uncountable A datum. The reference index is calculated using monthly CPI prints but with a lag of between two and three months.
14. countable, uncountable A pattern or design. Many designers consider leopard print rugs and carpeting to be classic floor coverings whose popularity spans centuries and continents.
15. Ireland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable A pat of butter, especially one pressed with a die. A nice half griddle of whole-meal bread and a print of fresh butter were now produced, and Molly helped the mistress with her own hands.

Opposite: cursive