printing
printing Lexical Profile
printing Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The production of books, newspapers, or other materials by applying inked text and images to paper or another surface.
"The invention of movable-type printing revolutionized the spread of knowledge across Europe."
All the copies of a book or publication printed at one time as a single batch.
"The novel was so popular that the first printing sold out within a week."
Handwriting in which the letters are written separately rather than joined together in cursive.
"Please fill out the registration form in clear, legible printing."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the verb 'print' (from Old French 'preinte', meaning 'pressed' or 'stamped', ultimately from Latin 'premere', 'to press') combined with the suffix '-ing'.
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