Definitions for printing

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printing print·ing

Spelling: [prin-ting]

IPA: /ˈprɪn tɪŋ/

Printing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in printing (giinnprt).

Definitions for printing

noun

1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc.
2. the act of a person or thing that prints.
3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form.
4. printed material.
5. the total number of copies of a book or other publication printed at one time:
6. writing in which the letters resemble printed ones.
7. the state of being printed.
8. printed lettering, especially with reference to character, style, or size:
9. printed material.
10. a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
11. newsprint.
12. a picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.
13. an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.
14. something with which an impression is made; a stamp or die.
15. a fingerprint.
16. Textiles. a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, blocks of wood, stencils, etc. a cloth so treated. an article of apparel made of this cloth.
17. something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.
18. Photography. a picture, especially a positive made from a negative.
19. any reproduced image, as a blueprint.
20. Movies, Television. a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing; release print.

Idioms

1. in print, in printed form; published. (of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
2. out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.

adjective

1. of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines:

Verb phrases

1. print in, Photography. burn1 (def 45). Also, burn in.
2. print out, Computers. to make a printout of.

verb (used with object)

1. to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
2. to reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.
3. to form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block:
4. to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.
5. to write in letters like those commonly used in print:
6. Computers. to produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.
7. to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).
8. to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.
9. to impress on the mind, memory, etc.
10. to fingerprint.
11. to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.:
12. Photography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.

verb (used without object)

1. to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.
2. to produce by means of a reproduction process:
3. to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.:
4. to write in characters such as are used in print:
5. to follow the vocation of a printer.

Origin of printing

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at print, -ing¹

Examples for printing

With 3D printing you can continue to use the file and update.

There were no other developments of note in the practice of printing during the 18th century.

Consumers are also gaining the ability to take the designs into their own hands as 3D printing becomes more accessible.

There is little use in printing a story in a newspaper that will be laughed at, is there?

For as much as Walter was a maniac, he was at the forefront of printing art.

The entire process of preplanning and printing the hand, brackets, and cuffs takes just over a day.

First, however, he must go to London to buy a printing outfit.

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.

There had been, it is true, some improvements over Franklin's printing press.

This invention was the method of printing with movable types.