Printing - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
- reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
- all the copies of a work printed at one time (syn: impression)
Extra examples
The book is already in its second printing, and a third printing is scheduled for later this year.
Her printing is very neat.
The first printing of her book was 10,000 copies.
Your tickets are printing now.
I was furious with them for printing the story.
We have a policy against printing vulgarities in our magazine.
The book abounds with printing mistakes.
A new introduction has been prefixed to the third printing of the book.
The printing machines were rattling away so loudly that we could hardly hear each other speak.
The Middle Ages may be said to terminate with the invention of printing.
The printing machines are always breaking down.
The newspaper edits letters before printing them.
At the age of 16, I went into the printing trade as an apprentice.
The computer has dealt a mortal blow to traditional printing methods.
He was nominally in charge of his father's printing company.
Word forms
singular: printing
plural: printings
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