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

Partners come from Germany, Romania, Belgium, France, Czechia and Italy and encompass a wide range of expertise in design, embroidery, printing, digitalization, recycling, AI and micro-factory production. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 July 2026

The feminist sites have largely shut down, and physical media is vanishing; many of the magazines that Jezebel targeted—Redbook, InStyle, Marie Claire, Glamour, Self—have ceased printing or gone entirely defunct. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

Microscale printing advances Using the technique, the team fabricated microtubule arrays with individual tube diameters as small as 6 micrometers. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Fractures in fluids could also have implications for inkjet printing, brain injury protection, and soft robotics. — Rohini Subrahmanyam, Quanta Magazine, 10 July 2026

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