printing
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈprɪntɪŋ/
- McGee and Richgels (1990) suggest that the literacy-rich classroom would include crayons for drawing, coloring, and printing.
Examples
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I found a manila envelope containing pages and pages of small notations, all in my father's printing.
Fiction book (1994) -
Harry glances at the printing on the side panel: Lee MacGreevy—Trainer of "Duke," the world's smartest dog.
Fiction book (1992) -
- What's the matter with my printing?
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Let Polly do the printing.
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Hundreds of books lined up on the shelves, displaying the miracle of printing, a recent German discovery.
Fiction book (1992) -
Reading it, following his childish printing, his cowardly block capitals marching across the back of the torn envelope.
Fiction book (1996) -
Block printing of tablecloths is a common sight in the Isfahan bazaar (A).
Academic text (2007) -
Drop-down menus provide selection between printing and cursive in both Zaner-Bloser and D'Nealian.
Academic text (2009) -
The teacher praised the student's neat printing during the handwriting assessment.
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She prefers to use block letters for her printing instead of cursive.
Synonyms
137
1.4
The way a person writes letters and words by hand
12
8.1
The way a person forms letters when they write
Compounds
- Formal
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4.8
A former U.S. agency that printed and bound official government documents
- Specialized
1
4.9
A printing method that transfers ink from a metal plate to a rubber sheet and then to paper
- Specialized
1
8.5
A printing method where an image is cut into a metal plate and the cuts hold ink to make prints
1
6.8
A United States government office that designs and prints paper money and other secure government papers
- Specialized
1
6.8
A printing method where you press ink on raised parts of a block onto paper
1
6.5
A former government office that made and put together official United States documents for Congress and federal departments
A former U.S. government agency that printed and bound official documents for Congress and other federal offices
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3.0
A company that makes real objects from computer designs using special machines
- Archaic
1
9.9
A printing method that uses a glass plate covered in gelatin to make very detailed photos, sometimes in color
- Specialized
1
9.3
A printing method using a flat surface where ink sticks to some parts and not others
- Specialized
A printing method that moves an image from a raised plate to a roller before printing on material
- Specialized
A printing method that uses a metal plate and a rubber sheet to print images on paper
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Printing goes back to Latin imprimere 'to press' and is tied to the idea of a press or type. So printing for handwriting means making single, separate letters like those made by a press, not joined cursive.