11 VERB If you print words, you write in letters that are not joined together and that look like the letters in a book or newspaper. □ [V n] Print your name and address on a postcard and send it to us.
12 N‑COUNT You can refer to a mark left by someone's foot as a print . □ He crawled from print to print, sniffing at the earth, following the scent left in the tracks. □ …boot prints.
13 N‑COUNT [usu pl] You can refer to invisible marks left by someone's fingers as their prints . □ Fresh prints of both girls were found in the flat.
14 → see also printing
15 PHRASE If you appear in print , or get into print , what you say or write is published in a book, newspaper, or magazine. □ Many of these poets appeared in print only long after their deaths.
16 PHRASE The small print or the fine print of something such as an advertisement or a contract consists of the technical details and legal conditions, which are often printed in much smaller letters than the rest of the text. □ I'm looking at the small print; I don't want to sign anything that I shouldn't sign.
▸ print out
1 PHRASAL VERB If a computer or a machine attached to a computer prints something out , it produces a copy of it on paper. □ [V P n] You measure yourself, enter measurements and the computer will print out the pattern. □ [V n P ] I shall just print this out and put it in the post. [Also V P ]
2 → see also printout
▸ print up → see print 1 COLLOCATIONS print NOUN
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noun + print : animal, leopard, paisley, zebra
adjective + print : floral, geometric
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noun + print : hand, palm, shoe; hoof, paw
print|able /pr I ntəb ə l/ ADJ If you say that someone's words or remarks are not printable , you mean that they are likely to offend people, and are therefore not suitable to be repeated in writing or speech. [JOURNALISM ] □ His team-mates opened hotel windows, shouting 'Jump!' and somewhat less printable banter.
pri nt|ed ci r|cuit board (printed circuit boards ) N‑COUNT A printed circuit board is an electronic circuit in which some of the parts and connections consist of thin metal lines and shapes on a thin board. [TECHNICAL ]
pri nt|ed wo rd N‑SING The printed word is the same as written word .
print|er /pr I ntə r / (printers )
1 N‑COUNT A printer is a machine that can be connected to a computer in order to make copies on paper of documents or other information held by the computer.→ see also laser printer
2 N‑COUNT A printer is a person or company whose job is printing things such as books. □ The manuscript had already been sent off to the printers.
print|ing /pr I nt I ŋ/ (printings )
1 N‑COUNT If copies of a book are printed and published on a number of different occasions, you can refer to each of these occasions as a printing . □ The American edition of this book is already in its third printing.
2 → see also print
pri nt|ing press (printing presses ) N‑COUNT A printing press is a machine used for printing, especially one that can print books, newspapers, or documents in large numbers.
print|mak|ing /pr I ntme I k I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Printmaking is an artistic technique which consists of making a series of pictures from an original, or from a specially prepared surface.
print|out /pr I ntaʊt/ (printouts ) also print-out N‑COUNT A printout is a piece of paper on which information from a computer or similar device has been printed. □ [+ of ] …a computer printout of various financial projections.
pri nt run (print runs ) N‑COUNT In publishing, a print run of something such as a book or a newspaper is the number of copies of it that are printed and published at one time. □ [+ of ] It was launched last year in paperback with an initial print run of 7,000 copies.
pri nt shop (print shops ) N‑COUNT A print shop is a small business which prints and copies things such as documents and cards for customers.
pri|or ◆◇◇ /pra I ə r /
1 ADJ [ADJ n] You use prior to indicate that something has already happened, or must happen, before another event takes place. □ He claimed he had no prior knowledge of the protest. □ The Constitution requires the president to seek the prior approval of Congress for military action.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A prior claim or duty is more important than other claims or duties and needs to be dealt with first. □ The firm I wanted to use had prior commitments.
3 N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE A prior is a monk who is in charge of a priory or a monk who is the second most important person in a monastery.
4 PHRASE If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event. [FORMAL ] □ Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York. SYNONYMS prior ADJ 1
previous: He has no previous convictions.
former: The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
preceding: Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
pri|or|ess /pra I əres/ (prioresses ) N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE A prioress is a nun who is in charge of a convent.
pri|ori|tize /pra I ɒ r I ta I z, [AM ] -ɔː r-/ (prioritizes , prioritizing , prioritized ) in BRIT, also use prioritise 1 VERB If you prioritize something, you treat it as more important than other things. □ [V n] The government is prioritising the service sector, rather than investing in industry and production.