Definition
WORDS [U] › words, letters, or numbers that are produced on paper by a machine: The print's so small in this book that I can hardly read it.
in/out of print › If a book is in print, it is possible to buy a new copy of it, and if it is out of print, it is not now possible: The novel was first published in 1880 and has been in print ever since.
PICTURE [C] › a copy of a picture made using photography or by pressing paper onto a design covered in ink: a print of Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'
PHOTOGRAPH [C] › a photograph that is produced on paper
PATTERN [C] › a pattern that is produced on material or paper: a floral print
HAND [C] (also fingerprint) › a mark that is left on a surface where someone has touched it: His prints were found all over the house and he was arrested the next day.
MARK [C] › a mark that is left on a surface where someone has walked: The dog left prints all over the kitchen floor. → See also small print
(Definition of print noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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