Printing

Quick meaning: Printing is a noun meaning (uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

Meaning

(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Synonym of printed matter.
2. (countable) Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
3. (uncountable) Handwritten characters that are not joined up.
4. present participle and gerund of print

Example Sentences

They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.

In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.

She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.

The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster.

Word Forms

• printings

Synonyms for printing

Depending on context, synonyms include imprintery, impression.

Antonyms for printing

Common opposites include cursive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include impression, printout, print-out, printer, typed, typesetting.

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