How do you use the word "print" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "print": The novel had an initial print run of 10,000 copies. The news was rushed into print.

Print Meaning

/pɹɪnt/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjOf, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

verbTo produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.

Sentence Examples

The novel had an initial print run of 10,000 copies.

The news was rushed into print.

The tiny print was hard to read without my glasses.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

mark publish

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The color printer will ____ the image onto paper using black ink.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The journalist decided to ____ the story despite pressure from the company's legal team.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions." — 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN:

"From the moment he prints, he must expect to hear no more truth." — 1716, Alexander Pope, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Preface:

"A look will print a thought that never may remove." — c. 1547?, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Description of the Fickel Affections, Pangs, and Slights of Love:

"Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, / Which in that field young Edward's sword did print." — 1629, Sir John Beaumont, Bosworth Field:

"some footsteps printed in the clay" — 1701, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, Silenus:

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