What does print mean?
Definitions for print
prɪntprint
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word print.
Princeton's WordNet
printnoun
the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
"I want to see it in print"
printnoun
a picture or design printed from an engraving
mark, printnoun
a visible indication made on a surface
"some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere"
printnoun
availability in printed form
"we've got to get that story into print"; "his book is no longer in print"
printnoun
a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)
printnoun
a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
photographic print, printverb
a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
print, publishverb
put into print
"The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed"
printverb
write as if with print; not cursive
printverb
make into a print
"print the negative"
print, impressverb
reproduce by printing
Wiktionary
printnoun
Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
printnoun
Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
Write in print using block letters.
printnoun
The letters forming the text of a document.
The print is too small for me to read.
printnoun
A visible impression on a surface.
Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
printnoun
A fingerprint.
Did the police find any prints at the scene?
printnoun
A footprint.
printnoun
A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
printnoun
A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
printnoun
A copy of a film that can be projected.
printverb
To copy something onto a surface, especially by machine.
printverb
To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
printverb
To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
printnoun
Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
printadjective
Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Printnoun
Etymology: empreinte, Fr.
Some more time
Must wear the print of his remembrance out. William Shakespeare.Abhorred slave,
Which any print of goodness wilt not take,
Being capable of all ill! William Shakespeare, Tempest.Attend the foot,
That leaves the print of blood where’er it walks. William Shakespeare.Up they tost the sand,
No wheel seen, nor wheels print was in the mould imprest
Behind them. George Chapman, Iliads.Our life so fast away doth slide,
As doth an hungry eagle through the wind;
Or as a ship transported with the tide,
Which in their passage leave no print behind. Davies.My life is but a wind,
Which passeth by, and leaves no print behind. George Sandys.O’er the smooth enamell’d green,
Where no print of step hath been. John Milton.While the heav’n, by the sun’s team untrod,
Hath took no print of the approaching light,
And all the spangled host keep watch. John Milton.Before the lion’s den appeared the footsteps of many that had gone in, but no prints of any that ever came out. South.
Winds bear me to some barren island,
Where print of human feet was never seen. Dryden.From hence Astrea took her flight, and here
The prints of her departing steps appear. Dryden.If they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercise of the senses or reflection, the print wears out. John Locke.
From my breast I cannot tear
The passion, which from thence did grow;
Nor yet out of my fancy rase
The print of that supposed face. Edmund Waller.The prints, which we see of antiquities, may contribute to form our genius, and to give us great ideas. Dryden.
Words standing for things, should be expressed by little draughts and prints made of them. John Locke.
To refresh the former hint;
She read her maker in a fairer print. Dryden.I love a ballad in print, or a life. William Shakespeare.
It is so rare to see
Ought that belongs to young nobility
In print, that we must praise. John Suckling.His natural antipathy to a man, who endeavours to signalize his parts in the world, has hindered many persons from making their appearance in print. Addison.
I published some tables, which were out of print. Arbuth.
The rights of the christian church are scornfully trampled on in print. Francis Atterbury.
The prints, about three days after, were filled with the same terms. Addison.
The publick had said before, that they were dull; and they were at great pains to purchase room in the prints, to testify under their hands the truth of it. Alexander Pope.
Inform us, will the emperor treat,
Or do the prints and papers lie? Alexander Pope.Lay his head sometimes higher, sometimes lower, that he may not feel every little change, who is not designed to have his maid lay all things in print, and tuck him in warm. John Locke.
To PRINTverb
Etymology: imprimer, empreint, Fr.
On his fiery steed betimes he rode,
That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. Dryden.Your mother was most true to wedlock, prince,
For she did print your royal father off,
Conceiving you. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. Lev. ix. 28.
Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay,
Will to my love direct your wand’ring way. Wentworth Dillon.His royal bounty brought its own reward;
And in their minds so deep did print the sense,
That if their ruins sadly they regard,
’Tis but with fear. Dryden.Thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, built a paper-mill. William Shakespeare.
This nonsense got in by a mistake of the stage editors, who printed from the piecemeal written parts. Alexander Pope.
Is it probable, that a promiscuous jumble of printing letter should often fall into a method, which should stamp on paper a coherent discourse. John Locke.
As soon as he begins to spell, pictures of animals should be got him, with the printed names to them. John Locke.
To Printverb
To publish a book.
From the moment he prints, he must expect to hear no more truth. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
print
Print generally refers to the action of reproducing text and images, typically onto paper, through a printing press or a digital printer. It can also refer to the content that is produced by such a process, such as a printed book, magazine, photograph, or poster. In terms of programming, print is also a command used in many programming languages to output text or data to a display screen or other output device.
Webster Dictionary
Printverb
to fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something
Printverb
to stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure
Printverb
to strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book
Printverb
to stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico
Printverb
to take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface
Printverb
to use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like
Printverb
to publish a book or an article
Printnoun
a mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow
Printnoun
a stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print
Printnoun
that which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter
Printnoun
printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print
Printnoun
that which is produced by printing
Printnoun
an impression taken from anything, as from an engraved plate
Printnoun
a printed publication, more especially a newspaper or other periodical
Printnoun
a printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth
Printnoun
a photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper
Printnoun
a core print. See under Core
Etymology: [See Print, v., Imprint, n.]
Wikidata
Print
The publication, Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts, was a limited edition quarterly periodical begun in 1940 and continued under different names up to the present day as Print, a bimonthly American magazine about visual culture and design. In its current format, Print documents and critiques commercial, social, and environmental design from every angle: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Print is a general-interest magazine, written by cultural reporters and critics who look at design in its social, political, and historical contexts. From newspapers and book covers to Web-based motion graphics, from corporate branding to indie-rock posters, from exhibitions to cars to monuments, Print shows its audience of designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers, educators, students, and enthusiasts of popular culture why our world looks the way it looks, and why the way it looks matters. Print underwent a complete redesign in 2005.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Print
print, v.t. to press or impress: to mark by pressure: to impress letters on paper, &c.: to publish: (phot.) to produce a positive picture from a negative.—v.i. to practise the art of printing: to publish a book.—n. a mark or character made by impression: the impression of types in general: a copy: a printed picture: an engraving: a newspaper: a printed cloth: calico stamped with figures: that which impresses its form on anything: a cut, in wood or metal: (archit.) a plaster-cast in low relief.—ns. Print′er, one who prints, esp. books, newspapers, &c.; Print′ing, act, art, or practice of printing; Print′ing-ink, ink used in printing; Print′ing-machine′, a printing-press worked by machinery; Print′ing-off′ice, an establishment where books, &c., are printed; Print′ing-pā′per, a paper suitable for printing purposes; Print′ing-press, a machine by which impressions are taken in ink upon paper from types.—adj. Print′less, receiving or leaving no impression.—ns. Print′-sell′er, one who sells prints or engravings; Print′-shop, a shop where prints are sold; Print′-works, an establishment where cloth is printed.—Printer's devil (see Devil); Printer's ink (same as Printing-ink); Printer's mark, an engraved device used by printers as a trade-mark.—In print, published in printed form: in stock, as opposed to books which cannot now be got—Out of print. [Shortened from O. Fr. empreindre, empreint—L. imprimĕre—in, into, premĕre, to press.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
print
To output, even if to a screen. If a hacker says that a program “printed a message”, he means this; if he refers to printing a file, he probably means it in the conventional sense of writing to a hardcopy device (compounds like ‘print job’ and ‘printout’, on the other hand, always refer to the latter). This very common term is likely a holdover from the days when printing terminals were the norm, perpetuated by programming language constructs like C's printf(3). See senses 1 and 2 of tty.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'print' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4442
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'print' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3474
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'print' in Nouns Frequency: #1295
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'print' in Verbs Frequency: #519
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of print in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of print in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of print in a Sentence
There was very small print on the bottom of the forms that these communities were signing, that this was all the company was liable to provide to them as compensation.
You're life is a print-out of your thoughts."
I think investors will gravitate to HP Inc( over HP Enterprise) because they have a leadership position in PCs and print and the free-cash flow model is very strong.
They're incredibly effective at saving lives and preventing serious illness. And you know what ? They're free. No conditions. No small print. And no strings attached. Because this is an emergency. And that's what friends do.
TIPS look great, to not buy a TIP at 1.5 percent breakeven is to suggest that the Fed simply can't reach their objective, that they can't print enough money. I think they can.
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- طبعArabic
- tisknout, tiskCzech
- printDanish
- drucken, DruckGerman
- presiEsperanto
- impresión, imprimirSpanish
- trükkimaEstonian
- چاپ کردنPersian
- tekstata, painatus, tulostaa, painaaFinnish
- prentaFaroese
- impression, imprimer, empreinteFrench
- clóIrish
- sgrìobh mar chlò, clò-bhuailScottish Gaelic
- הדפיסHebrew
- छाप, छापनाHindi
- nyomtatott betűkkel ír, nyomtat, nyomtatottan írHungarian
- տպելArmenian
- mencetakIndonesian
- prentaIcelandic
- scrivere in stampatello, stampare, impronta, stampaItalian
- 印刷Japanese
- បោះពុម្ពKhmer
- 인쇄Korean
- printLatin
- cetakan, cetakMalay
- printen, afdrukken, drukken, afdrukDutch
- avtrykk, trykk, trykkeNorwegian
- wydrukowaćPolish
- imprimir, impressãoPortuguese
- ImprimaRomanian
- печатать, печать, писать печатными буквами, напечататьRussian
- tlačiťSlovak
- avtryck, texta, trycka, tryck, skriva utSwedish
- ตีพิมพ์, พิมพ์Thai
- yazdırmakTurkish
- друкUkrainian
- چھاپناUrdu
- chư in, inVietnamese
- litodön, bükot, bükönVolapük
- דרוקןYiddish
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