verb · B2

Print

PRINT/prɪnt/

To print is to produce words or pictures on paper; as a noun, printed letters or a newspaper: print the graph; in print; the print is tiny. Printer is the machine or firm (already in the dictionary); publish is to issue for sale (already elsewhere). Print the graph at 100 per cent scale. Mix-up: printer; sprint. Do not write print for “write by hand”.

Meaning

To produce words or pictures on paper; also printed letters, or a newspaper (noun).

Examples

“Print the graph at 100 per cent scale, the practical says.”
“The story is still in print, which is the available-as-a-book sense.”

Good to know

print + object; in print / out of print; fine print. Machine: printer. Trap: handwriting. Exams, media, and DT. On paper, or published text.

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