print
[verb]
Synonyms:
- publish, engrave, impress, imprint, issue, mark, stamp
[noun]
Synonyms:
- publication, book, magazine, newspaper, newsprint, periodical, printed matter
- reproduction, copy, engraving, photo (informal), photograph, picture

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English Thesaurus: break, smash, snap, split, fracture, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. print¹ S2 W3 /prɪnt/ verb
[Word Family: noun: print, printer, printing; adjective: printed, printable ≠ unprintable; verb: print]

1. WORDS
a) [intransitive and transitive] to produce words, numbers, or pictures on paper, using a machine which puts ink onto the surface:
I need to make a few changes before I print the document.
The company’s name was printed in bold letters across the top of the page.
a printed letter
The printer’s switched on but it won’t print.
As a newspaper publisher he understood the power of the printed word (=words that are printed on paper).
b) [intransitive] when a computer document prints, a printed copy of it is produced:
Press return, then the document should print.

2. BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS [transitive] to produce many printed copies of a book, newspaper etc:
Over five million copies of the paper are printed every day.
When the book was first written no publisher would print it.

3. IN A NEWSPAPER [transitive] to print a report of something or a letter, speech etc in a newspaper or magazine Synonym : publish:
‘The Express’ was the first paper to print the story.
‘The Telegraph’ has printed numerous articles on this subject over the last three years.
I wrote to the newspaper but my letter wasn’t printed.

4. PHOTOGRAPH [transitive] to produce a photograph from a photographic film:
It usually takes a couple of hours for the pictures to be developed and printed.

5. CLOTH [transitive] to decorate cloth with a pattern that is put all over its surface by a machine:
a skirt printed with brightly coloured flowers
a printed silk shirt

6. WRITE [intransitive and transitive] to write words by hand without joining the letters:
Please print your name clearly in the top right-hand corner of the page.

7. MAKE A MARK [transitive] to make a mark on a surface or in a soft substance by pressing something on to it
print something on/in something
The mark of the man’s shoe was printed in the mud.
⇒ a licence to print money at licence(6)
print something ↔ off/out phrasal verb
to produce a printed copy of a computer document:
Could you print a copy off for me?
I’ll print the file out and then we can look at it.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. print² W3 noun
[Word Family: noun: print, printer, printing; adjective: printed, printable ≠ unprintable; verb: print]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: preinte, from preint, past participle of preindre 'to press', from Latin premere]

1. BOOKS/NEWSPAPERS [uncountable] writing that has been printed, for example in books or newspapers:
There was no print at all on the backs of the tickets.
in print (=printed in a book, newspaper etc)
It must be really exciting to see your work in print.
the pleasure of seeing my name in print
Very little of his poetry actually got into print (=was printed).

2. be in print if a book is in print, new copies of it are still being printed:
After fifty years, the book is still in print.

3. be out of print if a book is out of print, it is no longer being printed and you cannot buy new copies

4. LETTERS [uncountable] the letters in which something is printed:
The book is also available in large print.
The print quality of the new printer is excellent.

5. the small/fine print the details of a legal document, which are often printed in very small writing:
Always read the small print before signing anything.

6. MARK [countable] a mark that is made on a surface by something that has been pressed onto it:
His feet left deep prints in the soft soil.

7. prints [plural] the marks that are made by the pattern of lines on the ends of your fingers Synonym : fingerprints:
The police found a set of prints on the car door.

8. CLOTH [uncountable and countable] cloth, especially cotton, on which a coloured pattern has been printed:
a lovely selection of floral prints
She was wearing a cotton print dress.

9. PHOTOGRAPH [countable] a photograph that has been produced from a film:
Why don’t you order an extra set of prints?
a colour print

10. PICTURE [countable]
a) a picture that is made by cutting lines onto a piece of metal or wood and then printing it onto paper
b) a copy of a painting that is produced by taking a photograph of it and printing it onto paper

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

print
noun
ADJ. large | fine, small Always read the small print in a contract before signing.
clear | bold
PRINT + NOUN journalist, worker | industry, union | run The initial print run for her book was 6,000 copies.
PREP. in ~ All her books are still in print.
out of ~ The shop specializes in out-of-print books.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

print
verb
ADV. beautifully The book is beautifully printed on good quality paper.
badly | correctly I couldn't get the graphics to print correctly.
clearly | indelibly (figurative) The incident was indelibly printed in her memory.
privately She had the memoir privately printed in a limited edition.
specially We had the T-shirts specially printed with the firm's logo.
PREP. from printing from a file
in The message was printed in blue ink.
on a leaflet printed on recycled paper
with a dress printed with blue flowers

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

print
verb
BAD: The magazine is printed every month.
GOOD: The magazine is published every month.

Usage Note:
print = produce copies of a book, newspaper, etc. by using machines: 'Due to increased demand, another six thousand copies are to be printed.'
publish = produce and distribute (a book, magazine, newspaper, etc) for sale to the public: The first edition was published in 1989.' 'Amateur Photographer is published every Tuesday.'

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break verb [transitive] to damage something and make it separate into pieces, for example by dropping it or hitting it:
Careful you don’t break the chair.
He broke his leg.
smash verb [transitive] to break something with a lot of force:
A policeman smashed his camera.
snap verb [transitive] to break something into two pieces, making a loud noise – used especially about long thin objects:
He snapped the sticks in two.
split verb [transitive] to separate something into two pieces along a straight line:
Using a sharp knife, split the melon in half.
fracture verb [transitive] to damage a bone, especially so that a line appears on the surface:
I fell over and fractured my wrist.
tear /teə $ ter/ verb [transitive] to damage paper or cloth by pulling it so that it separates into pieces:
She tore up the letter and put it in the bin.
I tore my jacket.
photograph a picture taken using a camera:
Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the museum.
our wedding photographs
photo informal a photograph:
a way of displaying your digital photos
Do you want me to take your photo?
picture a photograph of someone or something:
I saw her picture in the paper the other day.
This is a really good picture of Sarah.
Can I take your picture?
shot informal a photograph – used especially by people who often take photographs:
I got some great shots of Mount Fuji.
It's a lovely shot.
print a photograph that has been printed on photographic paper:
a set of 4 by 6 inch prints

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

photograph a picture taken using a camera:
Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the museum.
our wedding photographs
photo informal a photograph:
a way of displaying your digital photos
Do you want me to take your photo?
picture a photograph of someone or something:
I saw her picture in the paper the other day.
This is a really good picture of Sarah.
Can I take your picture?
snap British English informal, snapshot especially American English a photograph that you take quickly and without thinking carefully about how it will look, for example when you are on holiday:
Patrick showed me his holiday snaps.
She showed me a snapshot of her three children.
shot informal a photograph – used especially by people who often take photographs:
I got some great shots of Mount Fuji.
It's a lovely shot.
print a photograph that has been printed on photographic paper:
a set of 4 by 6 inch prints
take a photograph
He wanted to take a photograph of me.
get a photograph (=take one successfully)
I got some brilliant photographs of the desert.
a colour photograph
The book is fully illustrated with colour photographs.
a black-and-white photograph
a digital photograph
a framed photograph
On the desk was a framed photograph of a woman.
a signed photograph
He keeps a signed photograph of Bill Clinton in his office.
a wedding photograph
Your wedding photographs will keep the memories of the big day alive for you.
an aerial photograph (=one taken from a plane)
Aerial photographs can be used to locate archaeological sites.
faded
All her life she kept a faded photograph of him in his army uniform.
blurred
He was shown a blurred photograph, taken from a moving car.
grainy (=with a rough, not sharp, appearance)
I stared at the grainy newspaper photograph, searching for my mother.
sepia (=used about a black and white photograph that has shades of brown, in a way that is typical of old photographs)
an 1854 sepia photograph of Jonathan Pickering, the company founder
a photograph album (=a book in which you put photographs)
Mama kept a photograph album full of pictures of her family.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

picture shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, especially as a piece of art, and often showing what someone or something looks like:
a picture of a horse
He painted the picture in 1890, just before he died.
drawing a picture drawn with a pencil, pen etc:
We had to do a drawing of a sunflower.
sketch a picture that is drawn quickly:
I made a quick sketch of the kind of room we wanted.
painting a picture made using paint:
The painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art.
Picasso did several paintings of her.
portrait a picture of a person:
The portrait was painted by Rembrandt.
landscape a picture of a place, especially in the countryside or the mountains:
Constable painted mainly landscapes.
cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine that tells a story or a joke:
A cartoon in the New York Times showed the President talking to Osama Bin Laden.
comic strip a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story:
Charles Schultz was famous for his cartoon strip about Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
caricature a funny drawing of someone that makes a part of someone’s face or body look bigger, worse etc than it really is, especially in a funny way:
He is famous for his caricatures of politicans.
illustration a picture in a book:
The book has over 100 pages of illustrations, most of them in colour.
poster a large picture printed on paper that you stick to a wall as decoration:
old movie posters
There were lots of posters of pop bands on her bedroom wall.
print a picture that is usually produced on a printing press, and is one of a series of copies of the same picture:
a limited edition of lithographic prints by John Lennon
image a picture – used especially when talking about what the picture is like, or the effect it has on you:
He produced some memorable images.
a beautiful image
Some of the images are deeply disturbing.
artwork pictures or photographs, especially ones that have been produced to be used in a book or magazine:
We are still waiting for the artwork to come back from the printers.
imagine to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like:
When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.
I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.
visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future:
Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.
The finished house may be hard to visualize.
envisage /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/ especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future:
How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?
They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.
conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine:
For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.
fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen:
I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.
daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing:
Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.
hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs:
The drug that can cause some people to hallucinate.
When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

print
prɪnt
See: fine print , in print , out of print

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