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1print Listen to audio/ˈprɪnt/ verb
prints; print·ed; print·ing
1 : to cause (words, images, etc.) to appear on paper or cloth by using a machine (called a printer) [+ obj] We printed 50 invitations before we ran out of ink. Could you print (up) another copy of last quarter's report? The new machine prints 30 pages per minute. Your tickets are being printed now. a slogan printed on a bumper sticker We printed the new logo on the T-shirts. = We printed the T-shirts with the new logo. [no obj] Your tickets are printing now. This printer allows you to print on both sides of a sheet of paper.
2 [+ obj] : to use a machine (called a printing press) to produce (books, newspapers, magazines, etc.)
They printed 10,000 copies of the book's new edition.
3 [+ obj] : to include (something) in a book, newspaper, magazine, etc. : publish
I'm surprised they printed that cartoon/story in the paper. Her picture was printed in a magazine last month.
4 : to write (something) using separate letters that do not join together [+ obj] Print your name and address in the space provided. [no obj] Once you learn how to print, then you can move on to cursive writing.
5 [+ obj] : to produce (a photograph) on paper
Please print two copies of all the pictures on that roll. Our vacation pictures are on my computer, but I haven't printed them yet.
a license to print moneysee 1license
print out also print off [phrasal verb]
print (something) out/off or print out/off (something) : to produce a paper copy of (a document that is on a computer)
Could you print out another copy for me?see also printout
— printed adjective always used before a noun
printed documents Fewer people these days are getting their news from the printed page/word. [=from newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed sources]

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