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See also: prinț

English

Etymology

    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”).

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: prĭnt, IPA(key): /pɹɪnt/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪnt

    Adjective

    print (not comparable)

    1. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
      a print edition of a book

    Translations

    Verb

    print (third-person singular simple present prints, present participle printing, simple past and past participle printed)

    1. (transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
      Hyponyms: print out, print off
      Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
      • 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN‎:
        Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions.
    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.
      I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.
    4. (ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
      How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
      • 1716, Alexander Pope, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Preface:
        From the moment he prints, he must expect to hear no more truth.
    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.
    7. (transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
      • 1697, Virgil, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
        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. (computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
      • 2010, Chuck Easttom, Advanced JavaScript, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 217:
        However, when you print the string you can see only 11 characters (c, a, r, ', s,, w, h, e, e, l).
      • 2015, Othmar Kyas, How To Smart Home: A Step by Step Guide to Your Personal Internet of Things, Key Concept Press, →ISBN:
        On the RHS side we write the current date to the variable date and print it to the terminal window, followed by the string "Chris coming home...." .
    10. (finance, 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).
      • 1998, Eric Lustbader, Pale Saint, page 24:
        Maybe we'll get lucky; maybe he was printed for some minor infraction in some backwater town.

    Conjugation

    More information infinitive, present tense ...

    † Archaic or obsolete.

    Derived terms

    Phrasal verbs
    Compounds words and expressions
    With the form “printing”

    Translations

    to produce a copy of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine

    Noun

    print (countable and uncountable, plural 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.
      TV and the Internet haven't killed 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.
      • 1978, Philip Larkin, The Winter Palace:
        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. A visible impression on a surface.
      Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
    6. A fingerprint.
      Did the police find any prints at the scene?
    7. A footprint.
    9. (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
      • 1957 August, “Notes and News: Tithebarn Street Station, Liverpool”, in Railway Magazine, page 589:
        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.
    11. (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
    12. (film) A copy of a film that can be projected.
    13. Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
      • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 20–21:
        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.
    14. (architecture) A plaster cast in bas relief.
    15. (finance) A datum.
      • 2023, Ilia Bouchouev, Virtual Barrels : Quantitative Trading in the Oil Market, Springer, →ISBN, page 150:
        The reference index is calculated using monthly CPI prints but with a lag of between two and three months.
    16. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A pattern or design.
      • 2013, Boles, Jennifer, The peak of chic‎, New York : Clarkson Potter, page 117:
        Many designers consider leopard print rugs and carpeting to be classic floor coverings whose popularity spans centuries and continents.

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

    • (antonym(s) of “writing without connected letters”): cursive

    Derived terms

    Translations

    letters forming the text of a document
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    Cebuano

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English print.

    Verb

    print

    1. to print; to print out or off; to produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine

    Chinese

    Etymology

    From English print.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    print

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to print with a printer or a photocopier

    See also

    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    print

    1. inflection of printen:
      1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
      2. imperative

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Probably from English Print Screen.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾĩ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈpɾĩt͡ʃ/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾĩt͡ʃ/, /ˈpɾĩ.t͡ʃi/

    Noun

    print m or f (plural prints)

    1. (Internet slang) screenshot
      Synonyms: captura de ecrã (Portugal), captura de tela (Brazil), Print Screen, telatiro
      tirar print ― to take a screenshot
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    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English print.

    Noun

    print n (plural printuri)

    1. print

    Declension

    More information singular, plural ...

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English print.

    Noun

    prȉnt m inan (Cyrillic spelling при̏нт, nominative plural prȉntove)

    1. (computing, colloquial) printer output, printed text

    Derived terms

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