Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - print

~1 v 1 »WORDS BY MACHINE« a) to produce words, numbers, or pictures on paper, using a machine which puts ink onto the surface  (That's what your letter's going to look like when it's printed. | Press this key to print a copy of the text. | print sth on/across)  (the address printed on the form | print sth in)  (The menu was printed in Japanese and English. | The word `scandal' was printed in bold type. | be printed with)  (cards printed with his name and address | a printed card/acknow- ledgement/text etc)  (You will receive a printed acknowledgement of your payment. | the printed page/word (=language in printed form)) b) to be printed by a computer  (The document will print as it appears on the screen.) 2 »BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS« to produce many copies of a book, newspaper etc in printed form  (the first cookery book to be printed in America) 3 »IN A NEWSPAPER« to print a letter, speech etc in a newspaper, magazine etc; publish  (The Telegraph has printed numerous articles criticising these sales techniques. | If you print that, I'll sue you.) 4 »ON A SCREEN« also print sth out if a computer prints words and numbers on a screen it puts them there  (An error message is printed and the program ends.) 5 »PHOTOGRAPH« to produce a photograph from a photographic film  (The pictures have to be developed and printed.) 6 »CLOTH« to decorate cloth with a pattern put all over its surface by a machine  (printed with)  (a new sari printed with brown and violet flowers) 7 print money if a government prints money, it produces too many bank notes in order to pay for something 8 a licence to print money a way of making a lot of money easily  (This policy is a scandal - it's a licence to print money!) 9 »WRITE« to write words by hand without joining the letters  (Please print your name | print sth in)  (a thin brown envelope with the address printed in capitals) 10 »MARK« to make a mark on a surface or in a soft substance by pressing something on to it  (The mark of the man's shoe was clearly printed in the mud.) print sth off/out phr v to produce a printed copy of a computer document  (Once you've designed your poster, you can print off as many copies as you like.) ~2 n 1 »BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS« writing that has been printed in books, newspapers etc  (The information is available in many forms including print, microfilm, and CD-ROM. | in print (=printed in a book, newspaper etc))  (He believed everything he saw in print.) see your name in print  (a politician who likes to see his name in print | get into print (=be printed))  (It was the first of his stories to get into print. | get sth into print (=have your work printed) | print unions/workers (=those involved in printing newspapers, books etc)) 2 be out of print if a book is out of print, it is no longer being printed and you cannot buy new copies  (This volume is now out of print.) 3 be in print if a book is in print new copies of it are still being printed  (Her book is still in print, a hundred years after its original publication.) 4 »LETTERS« the letters in which something is printed  (books with large print for elderly people | This printer can produce high quality print.) 5 the small/fine print the details of a legal document, often in very small writing  (You should always read the small print before signing anything.) 6 »MARK« a mark made on a surface or in a soft substance by something that has been pressed onto it  (His feet left prints in the soft soil. | The children had decorated the walls with hand prints.) 7 prints the marks made by the pattern of lines on the ends of your fingers; fingerprints 8 »CLOTH« cloth, especially cotton, on which a coloured pattern has been printed  (a print dress/blouse)  (She stood there in her print dress and white apron.) 9 »PATTERN« the pattern printed on a piece of cloth  (The curtains were green with a print of sunflowers.) 10 »PHOTOGRAPH« a photograph in the form of a picture that has been produced from a film  (You get three sets of prints, plus a free film.) 11 »PICTURE« a picture that has been printed from a small sheet of metal or block of wood, or a copy of a painting produced by photography