PRINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does print mean? 

• PRINT (noun)
  The noun PRINT has 7 senses:

1. the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

2. a picture or design printed from an engraving

3. a visible indication made on a surface

4. availability in printed form

5. a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

6. a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

7. a printed picture produced from a photographic negative

  Familiarity information: PRINT used as a noun is common.

• PRINT (verb)
  The verb PRINT has 4 senses:

1. put into print

2. write as if with print; not cursive

3. make into a print

4. reproduce by printing

  Familiarity information: PRINT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

I want to see it in print

Hypernyms ("print" is a kind of...):

black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "print"):

fine print; small print (material printed in small type)

Derivation:

print (put into print)

print (reproduce by printing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A picture or design printed from an engraving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("print" is a kind of...):

graphic art (the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "print"):

mezzotint (print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade)

serigraph; silk screen print; silkscreen (a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil)

overprint; surprint (something added by overprinting)

monotype (the sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate)

lithograph (a print produced by lithography)

linocut (a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum)

gravure; heliogravure; photogravure (an intaglio print produced by gravure)

engraving (a print made from an engraving)

copperplate (a print made from an engraved copperplate)

contact print (a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A visible indication made on a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mark; print

Context example:

paw prints were everywhere

Hypernyms ("print" is a kind of...):

indicant; indication (something that serves to indicate or suggest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "print"):

hoof-mark; hoof mark; hoofprint (a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal)

line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)

line (a mark that is long relative to its width)

stroke (a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush)

trace (a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle)

footmark; footprint; step (a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface)

fingerprint (a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations)

mintmark (a mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Availability in printed form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

his book is no longer in print

Hypernyms ("print" is a kind of...):

accessibility; availability; availableness; handiness (the quality of being at hand when needed)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("print" is a kind of...):

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("print" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A printed picture produced from a photographic negative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

photographic print; print

Hypernyms ("print" is a kind of...):

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "print"):

proof (a trial photographic print from a negative)

cutout (a photograph from which the background has been cut away)

Derivation:

print (make into a print)

• PRINT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they print    ... he / she / it prints   
Past simple: printed   
Past participle: printed   
-ing form: printing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into print

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

print; publish

Context example:

These news should not be printed

Hypernyms (to "print" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "print"):

republish (publish again)

gazette (publish in a gazette)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't print the story

Derivation:

print (the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication)

printer (a machine that prints)

printer ((computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing)

printer (someone whose occupation is printing)

printing (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write as if with print; not cursive

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "print" is one way to...):

write (mark or trace on a surface)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "print"):

misprint (print incorrectly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make into a print

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

print the negative

Hypernyms (to "print" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "print"):

lithograph (make by lithography)

silkscreen (print by silkscreen)

stencil (mark or print with a stencil)

engrave; etch (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block)

etch (make an etching of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

print (a printed picture produced from a photographic negative)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Reproduce by printing

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

impress; print

Hypernyms (to "print" is one way to...):

write (mark or trace on a surface)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "print"):

offset (produce by offset printing)

italicise; italicize (print in italics)

boldface (print in boldface)

cyclostyle (print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil)

overprint; print over (print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper)

prove (take a trial impression of)

set; typeset (set in type)

letter (set down or print with letters)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

print (the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication)

printer (a machine that prints)

printer ((computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing)

printer (someone whose occupation is printing)

printing (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

 Context examples 

It was the well-marked print of a thumb.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Certainly he took no pains to hide his thoughts, and certainly I read them like print.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I have already learned all that is in the public prints, nothing more.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The psychology of it is sadly tangled, and yet I could read the workings of his mind as clearly as though it were a printed book.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Seclusion I can understand; but why print?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The team 3-D printed the prototype, allowing the creators to rapidly develop a design that worked.

(New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds, VOA/Elizabeth Lee)

A printed or electronic document with spaces to be filled out.

(Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A textual identifier for chemical substances designed to provide a standard and human-readable way to encode molecular information that also facilitates searches in printed and electronic data sources.

(International Chemical Identifier, NCI Thesaurus)

The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.

(Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

I have never seen it in print.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)