printing
5
1.1
- noun
- /ˈprɪntɪŋ/
:
letra de imprenta
- 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
141
1.4
The way a person writes letters and words by hand
93
8.1
The way a person forms letters when they write
Compounds
- Formal
1
4.8
A former U.S. agency that printed and bound official government documents
1
6.8
A United States government office that designs and prints paper money and other secure government papers
- Specialized
1
4.9
A printing method that transfers ink from a metal plate to a rubber sheet and then to paper
- Archaic
A printing method that uses a glass plate covered in gelatin to make very detailed photos, sometimes in color
- Specialized
A printing method that moves an image from a raised plate to a roller before printing on material
- Specialized
A printing method where an image is cut into a metal plate and the cuts hold ink to make prints
- Specialized
A printing method where you press ink on raised parts of a block onto paper
- Specialized
A printing method that uses a metal plate and a rubber sheet to print images on paper
- Specialized
A printing method using a flat surface where ink sticks to some parts and not others
A former U.S. government agency that printed and bound official documents for Congress and other federal offices
A former government office that made and put together official United States documents for Congress and federal departments
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.