printing
verb form of print (print, prints, printed, printing); noun (printing)
Everyday
- Printing means putting words or pictures on paper with a machine called a printer. tree →
- Printing is also the job or business of making books and newspapers. tree →
- Printing can mean writing with separate letters that are not joined, not in joined-up writing. tree →
- In art, printing is pressing a shape with paint onto paper, like potato printing. tree →
In the lessons
In maths: pages or copies printed; printing speed as pages per minute: pages = speed × time, time = pages ÷ speed. In history: the printing press made books cheap and spread reading. In art lessons: printing with sponges, leaves or potatoes. In handwriting: print your name in capital letters. Phrases: printing press, printing out, print-out, printing ink.
Examples
- The printer is printing 15 pages a minute. tree →
- Printing one book costs 3 dollars. tree →
- How long is printing 90 pages? tree →
- They finished printing 200 flyers. tree →
- The teacher is printing our reading sheets. tree →
- Before the printing press, books were copied by hand. tree →
- In art we did leaf printing with green paint. tree →
- Please print your name in capital letters. tree →
- In this way these tales are older than reading and writing, far older than printing. tree →
Note
«Print out» means to print from a computer. A «printer» is the machine or the person who prints. Usually a rate: pages = speed × time; time = pages ÷ speed. Trap: check that the units of time match. Trap: printing on both sides uses half as many sheets as pages.
In Jewish tradition
In maths: pages or copies printed; printing speed as pages per minute: pages = speed × time, time = pages ÷ speed. In history: the printing press made books cheap and spread reading. In art lessons: printing with sponges, leaves or potatoes. In handwriting: print your name in capital letters. Phrases: printing press, printing out, print-out, printing ink.
Note
«Print out» means to print from a computer. A «printer» is the machine or the person who prints. Usually a rate: pages = speed × time; time = pages ÷ speed. Trap: check that the units of time match. Trap: printing on both sides uses half as many sheets as pages.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «printing» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «printing» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «printing» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «printing» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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