verb
prints; printed; printing
to cause (words, images, etc.) to appear on paper or cloth by using a machine (called a printer) [+ obj]
[+ obj] :to use a machine (called a printing press) to produce (books, newspapers, magazines, etc.)
[+ obj] :to include (something) in a book, newspaper, magazine, etc. :publish
to write (something) using separate letters that do not join together [+ obj]
[+ obj] :to produce (a photograph) on paper
a license to print money
print out
also print off [phrasal verb]
print (something) out/off or print out/off (something) :to produce a paper copy of (a document that is on a computer)
noun
plural prints
[noncount] :the process of making a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.
[noncount] :the letters, numbers, or symbols used in printing something :type
[count] a photograph that is printed on paper
a picture made from pressing an inked surface on paper
[count] :a mark made on the surface of something: such as
fingerprint
footprint
[count] :cloth that has a pattern printed on it
adjective
always used before a noun
of, relating to, or writing for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.