Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

    In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.

    Drucken, Druck

    печа́таниеpečátanije, печа́тьpečátʹ

    друкува́нняdrukuvánnja, друкdruk, друка́рствоdrukárstvo

    the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

  2. (uncountable)Synonym of printed matter.

    They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.

    друкdruk

    text handwritten in the style of printed matter

  3. (countable)Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).

    She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.

    Auflage

    накладnaklad, тиражtyraž

    all the copies of a work printed at one time

  4. (uncountable)Handwritten characters that are not joined up.

    The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster.

    відбитокvidbytok

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography:
all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch:
written characters not joined up:
Русский
By meaning 1
the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography:
all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch:

Origin

By surface analysis, print + -ing.

By surface analysis, print + -ing.

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