printing

noun

print·​ing ˈprin-tiŋ 

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 sense 7a

5

printings plural : paper to be printed on

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 on the Web

The four-person Clay County prosecutor team presented nearly 30 videos from Rocha’s cellphone of him posing with guns, shooting guns while driving, and 3-D printing gun frames and components. —Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025

The new space is expected to have a maker space with 3D printing, an early learning space and community room. —Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025

In Beacon, walking distance from the train, is Dia Beacon ($25/adult), a 300,000-square-foot museum in a former Nabisco box printing factory. —Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025

Ho Sun Hing, for instance, reportedly struggled to adapt to digital printing. —Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing printing

• 3D printing
• printing office
• printing press
• relief printing

Rhymes for printing

• glinting
• hinting
• minting
• splinting
• sprinting
• squinting
• tinting
• fingerprinting
• imprinting
• reprinting
• unstinting

Kids Definition

printing

noun

print·​ing ˈprint-iŋ 

1

: the process of putting something in printed form

2

: the art or business of a printer