- noun
- /prɪnt/
- 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.
- The source might change from print to radio to TV to social media.
- You just don't want to get into selling print newspapers today.
- I read large print instead of writing with pencils.
- They buy a booth at a conference, They run, print, direct mail costs money.
Examples
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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.
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- Oh my dear boy, always read the fine print.
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The print is too small without my glasses.
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It's all in the small print, dearie.
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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
The main words written in a book or document without notes and pictures
Text written for a newspaper, magazine, or advertisement
Words shown with letters on a page or screen instead of spoken
Words put on paper or saved in a file, not spoken
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
The number of copies made for one edition of a magazine, book or newspaper
- Specialized
A print made by putting a negative directly on photo paper, making the image the same size
- Specialized
A picture created when someone pushes ink through a mesh screen onto paper or cloth
How Physical
Surface Forms
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.