printing

Speech parts

1. printing - Noun

2. printing - Verb

Meaning

of Print

The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

impression publication publishing reproduction copying typography imprinting letterpress presswork printing process number type version record run
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Antonyms

original cause basis solution destroy suppress
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Hypernyms

business writing publication commercial enterprise business enterprise

Hyponyms

issue intaglio publication composition proof offset

Phrases with the word

printing press book printing non-printing character printing paper us government printing office electrostatic printing

Examples

The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare. Marshall McLuhan

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander... T. E. Lawrence

The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing. Douglas Engelbart

Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market. Ezra Pound

That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi. Printing lies, making accusations, it's just bullying. Mila Kunis

I have two very cogent reasons for not printing any list of subscribers - one, that I have lost all the names, - the other, that I have spent all the money. Samuel Johnson

Close letter words and terms

printerlike printery printhead printing art printing business printing color