printing noun

/ˈprɪn.tɪŋ/

/-t ̬ɪŋ/ n

Definition

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[U] the activity or business of producing writing or images on paper or other material with a machine

She runs her own printing business.

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[C] the number of copies of a book which the publisher (= company that prints books) has produced

The publishers produced a first printing of 2500.

(Definition of printing noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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