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to print

to print

4 1.0
To write words by hand using separate upright letters
  • verb
  • /prɪnt/
translation icon : escribir en letra de imprenta
  • - Do I need to sign here or print my name?
  • print letters
  • read and print

And that is figuring out how printed letters link to these sounds.

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Examples

  • On the job application, you must print your information in uppercase letters.

  • The teacher should encourage all students to print research found on the Internet.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Have you signed and printed your names?

  • In the margin of the letter, I print, in red: "Okay, one year only."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Just to make sure it's legible, maybe you'd better print it.

  • Cooper's second letter had a telephone number carefully hand-printed at the top.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Do you see a slender plastic tag clipped to my shirt... with my name printed on it?

  • Do I need to sign here or print my name?

  • The teacher asked the students to print their names clearly on the forms.

Synonyms

to letter
vsto print
6 7.7

To write words or names on a surface

focuses on forming separate upright characters by hand rather than joined script

Antonyms

55 3.5

To write or draw quickly and carelessly so it is hard to read

Idioms

13 3.7

No longer sold by the publisher

Phrasal Verbs

to print over
  • Specialized
6.0

To put new text or color on something that already has a design

Compounds

37 4.4

Small printed text in a contract that tells important rules or extra costs

9 2.8

A shop that makes posters, flyers and other paper copies for people

print media
  • Literature
8 3.5

Newspapers and magazines printed on paper, not online

5 3.8

Important details in an agreement or document printed in very small type

4 2.0

A mark left by an animal's foot showing claws or pads

print run
  • Literature
3 3.7

The number of copies made for one edition of a magazine, book or newspaper

photographic print
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A picture on paper made from a camera or digital file

contact print
  • Specialized
6.1

A print made by putting a negative directly on photo paper, making the image the same size

9.8

A round wheel with letters on spokes that prints letters on paper

A situation that lets someone make a lot of money with little work

print buffer
  • Specialized
5.6

A part of a computer that holds information waiting to be printed

A person or shop that sells art prints like etchings and engravings

roman print
  • Specialized
5.1

Upright printed letters used for normal text in books and newspapers

silk screen print
  • Specialized
4.2

A picture created when someone pushes ink through a mesh screen onto paper or cloth

voice for print
  • Literature
6.8

A clear, polished way of writing for newspapers or magazines

How Legible

to print
4 1.0
to write
1.0
to scribble
55 3.5
to scrawl
23 5.5

Surface Forms

print infinitive
printed past
printed past participle
printing present participle
prints third person singular

Etymology

Print for handwriting comes from the look of letters made by the printing press; to print your name is to make clear, separate letters that look like the letters made by a printer or type, not joined cursive writing.