English Explanatory Dictionary

printing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
  2. Synonym of printed matter.
  3. Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
  4. Handwritten characters that are not joined up.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of print

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɪntɪŋ/ /ˈpɹɪnɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-printing.wav

Word forms

printing printings

Etymology

By surface analysis, print + -ing.

Synonyms

imprintery printed matter print run

Antonyms

cursive

Derived words

3D printing bioprinting block printing carbon printing contact printing immunoprinting lenticular printing letter-quality printing microprinting nanoprinting nature printing nonprinting non-printing offset printing pad printing printing form printing frame printing house printing-house printing in printing ink printing out printing paper printing press printing roll printing shop printing telegraph rat printing office relief printing rotary printing press screen printing silk-screen printing skip printing stretch printing teleprinting thermoprinting three-dimensional printing toeprinting viscosity printing whiteprinting woodblock printing

Translations

Arabic: طِبَاعَة Armenian: տպագրություն Armenian: տպում Armenian: գրատպություն Belarusian: друкава́нне Belarusian: друк Belarusian: друка́рства Bulgarian: печа́тарство Catalan: impressió Catalan: impremta Chinese Mandarin: 印刷 Czech: tisk Dutch: boekdrukkunst Dutch: drukkunst Finnish: kirjapainotaito French: imprimerie German: Drucken German: Druck Greek: τυπογραφία Gujarati: છાપકામ Irish: clódóireacht Japanese: 印刷 Korean: 인쇄 Kyrgyz: мөөр Macedonian: печатење Malay: pencetakan Malay: cetakan Persian: چاپ Polish: drukarstwo Polish: druk Portuguese: impressão Romanian: tipar Romanian: tipografiere Romanian: imprimerie Romanian: tipăritură Russian: печа́тание Russian: печа́ть Slovene: tiskanje Spanish: impresión Swahili: uchapaji Ottoman Turkish: باصمه Ottoman Turkish: طبع Ukrainian: друкува́ння Ukrainian: друк Ukrainian: друка́рство Vietnamese: in ấn Walloon: imprimreye
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