Printing
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology. uncountable
"In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually."
- 2 the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution wordnet
- 3 Synonym of printed matter. uncountable
"They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly."
- 4 text handwritten in the style of printed matter wordnet
- 5 Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”). countable
"She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips."
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- 6 all the copies of a work printed at one time wordnet
- 7 Handwritten characters that are not joined up. uncountable
"The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster."
- 8 reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication wordnet
- 1 present participle and gerund of print form-of, gerund, participle, present
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More examples"Simply follow the instructions below, and in no time you will be printing full color documents just as easily and quickly as black and white."
Etymology
By surface analysis, print + -ing.
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