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print

106 1.3
A photo printed on paper from a negative or digital file
  • noun
  • /prɪnt/
translation icon : impresión fotográfica
  • She decided to frame the beautiful landscape print she had purchased on her trip.
  • photographic prints
  • color prints
  • digital prints

I got some prints to put up on my wall.

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Examples

  • Meanwhile, other viewers were strolling through the large display of prints in the Grand Salon.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Students love to see their work in print and accessible to many.

    Academic text (2008)
  • And so this is a first generation print from from that.

  • Where did you get my print?

  • I got some prints to put up on my wall.

  • Can I have two prints of each, please?

  • This is a print I recognize from the 1930s.

  • The best single collection of Mortensen prints is now owned by the Photographic Society of America.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Many academic libraries are adding comics and cartoons in print form to their collections.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Allie had given them, and he ordered an extra print of Laura's photograph.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

photo
vsprint
1.0

A picture made with a camera, printed or digital

is specifically a paper-produced image rather than broader digital forms
photograph
vsprint
860 1.4

A picture taken with a camera of a person, place, or thing

is limited to being produced on paper rather than projection or only digital
enlargement
vsprint
  • Specialized
6 3.9

A photo made larger than the original picture

is any paper image not limited to changes in size
photographic print
vsprint
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A picture on paper made from a camera or digital file

is the general paper image category including all production methods
contact print
vsprint
  • Specialized
6.1

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

is a paper image produced in any way, not only by direct contact
photogravure
vsprint
  • Archaic
9.9

A printing method that uses a photo on a metal plate to make very detailed prints

is the simpler paper image concept not tied to plate printing
photolithograph
vsprint
  • Specialized
9.9

A print that uses a photograph to prepare a plate for printing

is the basic paper image idea without lithographic production methods
calotype
vsprint
  • Archaic
9.9

An early way of making photographs on paper coated with chemicals that react to light

is the broad paper image term, not limited to historic processes

Idioms

13 3.7

No longer sold by the publisher

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 Old-Fashioned

to daguerreotype
  • Archaic
9.9
tintype
  • Archaic
2 9.9
print
106 1.3

Surface Forms

print singular
prints plural

Etymology

Print for a photograph keeps the idea of making an impression on paper by 'pressing' or copying an image, so a photographic print is a paper copy of a photo.