print

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
print/prɪnt/

▶verb

• 1 produce (books, newspapers, etc.) by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper.

  ■ produce (text or a picture) in such a way.

  ■ publish.

  ■ produce a paper copy of (information stored on a computer).

  ■ produce (a photographic print) from a negative.

• 2 write clearly without joining the letters.

• 3 mark with a coloured design or pattern.

  ■ make (a mark or indentation) by pressing something on a surface or soft substance.

• 4 fix firmly or indelibly in someone's mind.

▶noun

• 1 the text appearing in a book, newspaper, etc.

  ■ the state of being available in published form.

  ■ [as modifier] relating to the printing industry or the printed media.

  ■ informal a newspaper.

• 2 an indentation or mark left on a surface or soft substance by pressure.

  ■ (prints) fingerprints.

• 3 a printed picture or design.

  ■ a photograph printed on paper from a negative or transparency.

  ■ a copy of a motion picture on film.

• 4 a piece of fabric or clothing with a coloured pattern or design.

  ■ a pattern or design of this type.

– phrases
in print

• 1 (of a book) available from the publisher.

• 2 in published form.

out of print (of a book) no longer available from the publisher.

– derivatives
printability noun,
printable adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. preinte ‘pressed’, fem. past part. of preindre, from L. premere ‘to press’.