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print

53 1.0
The words that appear in a book or newspaper
  • noun
  • /prɪnt/
translation icon : texto impreso
  • It's in the fine print on the back of my business card.
  • Braille and print
  • print media
  • read print

The source might change from print to radio to TV to social media.

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Examples

  • Librarians need to extend their services beyond the traditional print and electronic sources, such as books and articles.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You should have read the fine print.

  • - Oh my dear boy, always read the fine print.

  • The print is too small without my glasses.

  • It's all in the small print, dearie.

  • The paper had a long column of print under the headline PRIEST ATTACKED.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Douglas's The Everglades: River of Grass has stayed in print continually for more than half a century.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Never mind, I can see eighty years ago far clearer than the print in this morning's Times.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I was squinting to make out the next line of print: tomatoes? Peas? Melons?

    Fiction book (1990)
  • You should always check the fine print before signing any contract.

Synonyms

text
vsprint
355 1.0

The main words written in a book or document without notes and pictures

appears in books, newspapers, or other publications rather than in speech or notes
copy
vsprint
  • Literature
195 3.0

Text written for a newspaper, magazine, or advertisement

is the version that appears in books, newspapers, or magazines rather than the draft
written word
vsprint
16 3.2

Words shown with letters on a page or screen instead of spoken

appears in books, newspapers, or other publications rather than in private notes or speech
written text
vsprint
2 2.0

Words put on paper or saved in a file, not spoken

appears in books, newspapers, or other publications rather than being only transcribed

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 Physical

dead tree edition
  • Texting
7.2
print
53 1.0
ebook
187 2.5

Surface Forms

print singular
prints plural

Etymology

Print meaning the text in a book comes from making letters by 'pressing' ink onto paper; the print is the words you read because they were pressed onto the page.