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print

235 1.0
The state of being published in printed books or magazines
  • noun
  • /prɪnt/
translation icon : edición impresa
  • I found an old magazine in a box; it's a rare piece of print from the 1980s.
  • books in print
  • print and electronic
  • print and online

The Ukrainian textbooks are printed in far lower print runs.

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Examples

  • It's been out of print for 20 years.

  • I have requests for interviews from print and TV and radio.

  • It's been out of print for years.

  • That book is out of print.

  • The first one is the second biggest in terms of print circulation in Britain.

  • But for the most part, what's good in print journalism is, is available online now.

  • You know, this is the first book that I've put out in print in almost five years.

  • For over two decades, academic libraries have been in transition from print journals to electronic access.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Consequently, they have not developed age-appropriate print literacy skills in their dominant language.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The Working Group studied how a shared print policy for intra-collaborative cooperation might be devised.

    Academic text (2012)

Antonyms

16 3.7

Not available to the public in books or online

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

Surface Forms

print singular
prints plural

Etymology

Print meaning the state of being published comes from the old printing press that made books and newspapers; if a book is 'in print' it has been made by that press and so is available to readers.