What does "PRINT" mean?
To produce text or images on paper by a machine, or a mark or copy so made.
Meanings
- To produce text or pictures on a surface using ink and a press or printer. The shop can print a thousand flyers by noon.
- To write in separate, non-cursive letters. Please print your name clearly on the form.
- A mark left on a surface, such as a fingerprint or footprint. Detectives lifted a print from the windowsill.
- A copy of a picture, photograph, or artwork made by printing. She framed a print of the original painting.
- A patterned design on fabric. He wore a shirt with a bold floral print.
Did you know?
- Identical twins share the same DNA but never the same fingerprints - the ridge patterns form partly at random in the womb, so even a clone keeps a different print.
Word origin
From Old French 'preinte' (an impression), past participle of 'preindre', from Latin 'premere' (to press); a print is literally something pressed.
Remember it
PRINT comes from 'press' - a print is anything pressed into a surface, from ink to a fingertip.
A little poem
Ink bites the white page,
a thumb leaves its quiet whorl-
we press to be known.
haiku
Wordplay
- The detective and the publisher started a business together. Their slogan: 'We get your name in print.'
What it teaches
Everything you touch leaves a print; the question is only whether you meant to.
Quick facts
What does PRINT mean?
To produce text or images on paper by a machine, or a mark or copy so made.
Is PRINT a valid word?
Yes — PRINT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PRINT?
PRINT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PRINT come from?
From Old French 'preinte' (an impression), past participle of 'preindre', from Latin 'premere' (to press); a print is literally something pressed.
What can PRINT teach us?
Everything you touch leaves a print; the question is only whether you meant to.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.