/pɹɪnt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
verb
To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
Transitive verb
verb
To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
verb
To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
Example Sentences
- "a print edition of a book"
- "Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines."
- "Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions."
- "The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface."
- "Print your name here and sign below."
- "I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print."
Etymology
From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *printen
Usage
Inflected Forms
prints (present, singular)
printing (participle, present)
printed (participle, past)
printed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
printed (first person, past)
printest (archaic, present)
printed (past, second person)
printedst (archaic, past)
printeth (archaic, present)
printed (past, singular)