Dictionary

Etymology

From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten ("to impress; imprint") (see imprint).

Pronunciation

enPR: prĭnt, IPA: /pɹɪnt/

Adjective

print (not comparable)

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

Verb

print (prints, present participle printing; simple past and past participle printed)

(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.
Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
(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.
(ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
(transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
to print calico
(transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
(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.
(computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.
(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.
(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

Conjugation of print

infinitive	(to) print
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	print	printed
2nd-person singular	print, printest^†	printed, printedst^†
3rd-person singular	prints, printeth^†	printed
plural	print	printed

subjunctive	print	printed

imperative	print	—

participles	printing	printed

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Translations

French: imprimer
German: drucken
Italian: stampare
Portuguese: imprimir
Russian: печа́тать
Spanish: imprimir

Translations

German: drucken, in Druckschrift schreiben
Italian: scrivere in stampatello
Russian: писать печатный

Noun

print

(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.
(uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
Write in print using block letters.
(uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
The print is too small for me to read.
(countable) A newspaper.
A visible impression on a surface.
Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
A fingerprint.
Did the police find any prints at the scene?
A footprint.
(visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
(photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
(film) A copy of a film that can be projected.
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.
(architecture) A plaster cast in bas relief.
(finance) A datum.