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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:
to print calico.
4.
to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.
5.
to write in letters like those commonly used in print:
Print your name on these forms.
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.:
The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.
12.
Photography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.
verb (used without object)
13.
to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.
14.
to produce by means of a reproduction process:
to print in color; to print unevenly.
15.
to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.:
This type is too worn to print cleanly.
16.
to write in characters such as are used in print:
He’d rather print than use longhand.
17.
to follow the vocation of a printer.
noun
18.
the state of being printed.
19.
printed lettering, especially with reference to character, style, or size:
This print is too large for footnotes.
20.
printed material.
21.
a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
22.
newsprint.
23.
a picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.
24.
an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.
25.
something with which an impression is made; a stamp or die.
26.
a fingerprint.
27.
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.

28.
something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.
29.
Photography. a picture, especially a positive made from a negative.
30.
any reproduced image, as a blueprint.
31.
Movies, Television. a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing; release print.
adjective
32.
of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines:
print media.
Verb phrases
33.
print in, Photography. burn1 (def 45).
Also, burn in.
34.
print out, Computers. to make a printout of.
Idioms
35.
in print,

in printed form; published.
(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.

36.
out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
1.
printing.
verb
1.
to reproduce (text, pictures, etc), esp in large numbers, by applying ink to paper or other material by one of various processes
2.
to produce or reproduce (a manuscript, a book, data, etc) in print, as for publication
3.
to write (letters, etc) in the style of printed matter
4.
to mark or indent (a surface) by pressing (something) onto it
5.
to produce a photographic print from (a negative)
6.
(transitive) to implant or fix in the mind or memory
7.
(transitive) to make (a mark or indentation) by applying pressure
noun
8.
printed matter such as newsprint
9.
a printed publication such as a newspaper or book
10.
in print

in printed or published form
(of a book, etc) offered for sale by the publisher

11.
out of print, no longer available from a publisher
12.
a design or picture printed from an engraved plate, wood block, or other medium
13.
printed text, esp with regard to the typeface used: small print
14.
a positive photographic image in colour or black and white produced, usually on paper, from a negative image on film Compare slide (sense 13)
15.

a fabric with a printed design
(as modifier): a print dress

16.

a mark or indentation made by pressing something onto a surface
a stamp, die, etc, that makes such an impression
the surface subjected to such an impression

17.
See fingerprint
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An early mathematics language for the IBM 705.
[Sammet 1969, p. 134].
(1995-05-01)
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