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Words people most associate with “print”:

  1. paper,
  2. ink,
  3. newspaper,
  4. write,
  5. printer

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Noun (7 meanings)

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

print

Example:
  • “I want to see it in print”
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2. a picture or design printed from an engraving.

print

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  • graphic art (noun) - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
types of print:
  • contact print (noun) - a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative
  • copperplate (noun) - a print made from an engraved copperplate
  • engraving (noun) - a print made from an engraving
  • gravure, photogravure, heliogravure (noun) - an intaglio print produced by gravure
  • linocut (noun) - a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum
  • lithograph (noun) - a print produced by lithography
  • mezzotint (noun) - print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade
  • overprint, surprint (noun) - something added by overprinting
  • silkscreen, silk screen print, serigraph (noun) - 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

3. a visible indication made on a surface.

mark, print

Examples:
  • “some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks”,
  • “paw prints were everywhere”
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  • fingerprint (noun) - a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger
  • footprint, footmark, step (noun) - a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
  • hoofprint, hoof mark, hoof-mark (noun) - a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal
  • line (noun) - a mark that is long relative to its width
  • line (noun) - in games or sports
  • mintmark (noun) - a mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced
  • stroke (noun) - a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
  • trace (noun) - a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
print is derivationally related to:
  • to mark (verb) - make or leave a mark on
  • to mark (verb) - designate as if by a mark
  • to score, nock, mark (verb) - make small marks into the surface of

4. availability in printed form.

print

Examples:
  • “we've got to get that story into print”,
  • “his book is no longer in print”
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5. a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it).

print

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

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

print

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  • fabric, cloth, material, textile (noun) - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

7. a printed picture produced from a photographic negative.

photographic print, print

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types of print:
  • cutout (noun) - a photograph from which the background has been cut away
  • proof (noun) - a trial photographic print from a negative
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  • to print (verb) - make into a print

Verb (4 meanings)

1. put into print.

to print, publish

Examples:
  • “The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce”,
  • “These news should not be printed”
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  • issue, publication (noun) - the act of issuing printed materials
  • print (noun) - the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
  • printer, printing machine (noun) - a machine that prints
  • printer (noun) - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
  • printer, pressman (noun) - someone whose occupation is printing

2. write as if with print; not cursive.

to print

to print is a way to:
  • to write (verb) - mark or trace on a surface
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3. make into a print.

to print

Example:
  • “print the negative”
to print is a way to:
  • to reproduce (verb) - make a copy or equivalent of
ways to print:
  • to engrave, etch (verb) - carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
  • to etch (verb) - make an etching of
  • to lithograph (verb) - make by lithography
  • to silkscreen (verb) - print by silkscreen
  • to stencil (verb) - mark or print with a stencil
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4. reproduce by printing.

to print, impress

to print is a way to:
  • to write (verb) - mark or trace on a surface
ways to print:
  • to boldface (verb) - print in boldface
  • to cyclostyle (verb) - print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil
  • to italicize, italicise (verb) - print in italics
  • to letter (verb) - set down or print with letters
  • to offset (verb) - produce by offset printing
  • to overprint, print over (verb) - print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
  • to prove (verb) - take a trial impression of
  • to typeset, set (verb) - set in type
to print is derivationally related to:
  • print (noun) - the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
  • printer, printing machine (noun) - a machine that prints
  • printer (noun) - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
  • printer, pressman (noun) - someone whose occupation is printing
  • printing, printing process (noun) - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication