Definition of printout
: a printed record produced automatically (as by a computer)
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Examples of printout in a Sentence
She gave me a printout of the directions.
Recent Examples of printout from the Web
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At a recent community forum in Minneapolis about the MMR vaccine, an anti-vaccine advocate handed out printouts that claimed the vaccine can cause permanent brain damage and death, according to a PRI report.
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Her relentless boasts feel less like the prideful expressions of an artist than like those of, say, a historically unpopular President distributing printouts of electoral maps to Oval Office visitors.
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In its docket of exhibits is a spreadsheet printout estimating the millions of dollars in damage such a sweeping order will do to its business.
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Circa 1884
First Known Use of printout
circa 1884
PRINTOUT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of printout for English Language Learners
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: a copy of a document produced by a printer
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playDefinition of printout for Students
: a printed copy produced by a computer
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