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print¹ S2 W3 /prɪnt/ verb1.  WORDS
  a. [intransitive and transitive] to produce words, numbers, or pictures on paper, using a machine which puts ink onto the surface:
    I need to make a few changes before I print the document.
    The company’s name was printed in bold letters across the top of the page.
    a printed letter
    The printer’s switched on but it won’t print.
    As a newspaper publisher he understood the power of the printed word (=words that are printed on paper).
  b. [intransitive] when a computer document prints, a printed copy of it is produced:
    Press return, then the document should print.
2.  BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS  [transitive] to produce many printed copies of a book, newspaper etc:
    Over five million copies of the paper are printed every day.
    When the book was first written no publisher would print it.
3.  IN A NEWSPAPER  [transitive] to print a report of something or a letter, speech etc in a newspaper or magazine
   SYN  publish:
    ‘The Express’ was the first paper to print the story.
    ‘The Telegraph’ has printed numerous articles on this subject over the last three years.
    I wrote to the newspaper but my letter wasn’t printed.
4.  PHOTOGRAPH  [transitive] to produce a photograph from a photographic film:
    It usually takes a couple of hours for the pictures to be developed and printed.
5.  CLOTH  [transitive] to decorate cloth with a pattern that is put all over its surface by a machine:
    a skirt printed with brightly coloured flowers
    a printed silk shirt
6.  WRITE  [intransitive and transitive] to write words by hand without joining the letters:
    Please print your name clearly in the top right-hand corner of the page.
7.  MAKE A MARK  [transitive] to make a mark on a surface or in a soft substance by pressing something on to it
    print something on/in something
    The mark of the man’s shoe was printed in the mud.
⇨ a licence to print money at licence(6)
     
print something ↔ off/out phrasal verb
  to produce a printed copy of a computer document:
    Could you print a copy off for me?
    I’ll print the file out and then we can look at it.

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print² W3 noun1.  BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS  [uncountable] writing that has been printed, for example in books or newspapers:
    There was no print at all on the backs of the tickets.
    in print (=printed in a book, newspaper etc)
    It must be really exciting to see your work in print.
    the pleasure of seeing my name in print
    Very little of his poetry actually got into print (=was printed).
2. be in print if a book is in print, new copies of it are still being printed:
    After fifty years, the book is still in print.
3. be out of print if a book is out of print, it is no longer being printed and you cannot buy new copies
4.  LETTERS  [uncountable] the letters in which something is printed:
    The book is also available in large print.
    The print quality of the new printer is excellent.
5. the small/fine print the details of a legal document, which are often printed in very small writing:
    Always read the small print before signing anything.
6.  MARK  [countable] a mark that is made on a surface by something that has been pressed onto it:
    His feet left deep prints in the soft soil.
7. prints [plural] the marks that are made by the pattern of lines on the ends of your fingers
   SYN  fingerprints:
    The police found a set of prints on the car door.
8.  CLOTH  [uncountable and countable] cloth, especially cotton, on which a coloured pattern has been printed:
    a lovely selection of floral prints
    She was wearing a cotton print dress.
9.  PHOTOGRAPH  [countable] a photograph that has been produced from a film:
    Why don’t you order an extra set of prints?
    a colour print
10.  PICTURE  [countable]
  a. a picture that is made by cutting lines onto a piece of metal or wood and then printing it onto paper
  b. a copy of a painting that is produced by taking a photograph of it and printing it onto paper