Added 5 October 2026
/pɹɪnt/ adjective
In Latin: imprimō Wiktionary
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about print at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
a print edition of a book
verb
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To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
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To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
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To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
Print your name here and sign below.
noun
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Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.
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Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
Write in print using block letters.
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The letters forming the text of a document.
The print is too small for me to read.
Origin
From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
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