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print

100 1.3
A photo printed on paper from a negative or digital file
  • noun
  • /prɪnt/
: 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
923 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
4 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
1 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
1 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
calotype
vsprint
  • Archaic
1 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
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

Idioms

15 3.7

No longer sold by the publisher

Compounds

39 4.4

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

print media
  • Literature
13 3.5

Newspapers and magazines printed on paper, not online

8 2.8

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

6 3.8

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

6 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

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

photographic print
  • Specialized
1 3.1

A picture on paper made from a camera or digital file

contact print
  • Specialized
1 6.1

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

silk screen print
  • Specialized
1 4.2

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

voice for print
  • Literature
1 6.8

A clear, polished way of writing for newspapers or magazines

1 3.7

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

9.8

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

print buffer
  • Specialized
5.6

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

roman print
  • Specialized
5.1

Upright printed letters used for normal text in books and newspapers

How Old-Fashioned

to daguerreotype
  • Archaic
1 9.9
tintype
  • Archaic
2 9.9
print
100 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.