Definition of printing
1 : the act or product of one that prints
2 : reproduction in printed form
3 : the art, practice, or business of a printer
4 : impression 4c
5 printings plural : paper to be printed on
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Examples of printing in a Sentence
The book is already in its second printing, and a third printing is scheduled for later this year.
The book has had two printings of 100,000 copies each.
Her printing is very neat.
Recent Examples of printing from the Web
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Currently, there is no access to legal forms, copies or printing.
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My father worked two jobs his whole life, mostly as a printing-press foreman.
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The workshops, based on college-level curriculum, will include courses in the fundamentals of drawing, watercolor, mural arts, and block-cut printing.
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As of this printing, six people have been confirmed dead as a result of the storm, with hundreds of thousands displaced by heavy rainfall and flooding.
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This Side of Paradise was already in its third printing, two months after its publication in March 1920.
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Atkins worked with cyanotypes, an early form of photographic printing that relied on chemicals and sunlight.
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One group funded primarily by an Ahn donor, Citizens for a Better Government, has spent $40,264 on data, printing and postage for mailers, and another $8,000 on treasury services to support Ahn's bid.
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As of this posting, several items were already sold-out, and would-be buyers were being asked to post orders for future printings.
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First Known Use of printing
14th century
PRINTING Defined for English Language Learners
printing
playDefinition of printing for English Language Learners
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: the process of producing books, magazines, etc. by using machinery
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: the act or process of printing a set number of copies of a book at one time
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: handwriting that uses separate letters that do not join together
PRINTING Defined for Kids
printing
playDefinition of printing for Students
1 : the art, practice, or business of making copies of text and images
2 : writing that uses separate letters
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