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printing

/ˈpɹɪntɪŋ/
noun

The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

    “In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.”

  2. Synonym of printed matter.

    “They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.”

  3. Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).

    “She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.”

  4. Handwritten characters that are not joined up.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

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Etymology

By surface analysis, print + -ing.

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imprintery
Opposite
cursive

PRINTING at a glance

PRINTING has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + I 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,395 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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