Sekirov Dictionary

print

/pɹɪnt/

verb 11
noun 15
adjective 1
forms 5
phrases 6

verb11

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to use a machine to press words or pictures onto paper, often making many of the same
- Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
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To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
- The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
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To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
- How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
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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.
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To display a string on the terminal.
- However, when you print the string you can see only 11 characters (c, a, r, ', s,, w, h, e, e, l). — 2010
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To fingerprint (a person).
- Maybe we'll get lucky; maybe he was printed for some minor infraction in some backwater town. — 1998
To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
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To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- A look will print a thought that never may remove. — 1547
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To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, / That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. — 1697
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To produce an observable value.
- On March 16, 2020, the S&P printed at 2,386.13, one of the worst drops in history.
(slang) To inadequately conceal a weapon such that its outline or imprint is visible on the person wearing it.

noun15

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The letters forming the text of a document.
- The print is too small for me to read.
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A visible impression on a surface.
- Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
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A fingerprint.
- Did the police find any prints at the scene?
A footprint.
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Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
- 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. — 1838
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A pattern or design.
- Many designers consider leopard print rugs and carpeting to be classic floor coverings whose popularity spans centuries and continents. — 2013
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A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
- An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets. — 1957
A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
A copy of a film that can be projected.
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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.
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A newspaper.
- I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take in what had happened since. Now I know none of the names in the public prints […] — 1978
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Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
- Write in print using block letters.
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A datum.
- The reference index is calculated using monthly CPI prints but with a lag of between two and three months. — 2023
A plaster cast in bas relief.
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(dialect, UK) A pat of butter, especially one pressed with a die.
- A nice half griddle of whole-meal bread and a print of fresh butter were now produced, and Molly helped the mistress with her own hands. — 1850

adjective1

Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

forms

printed · printing · printeth · prints · printest

Phrases with print

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