Meanings
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1
noun
The process or business of producing books, newspapers, and other material using a press.
The invention of printing made books far cheaper and more widely available.
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2
noun
All the copies of a book produced at one time.
They sold out the first printing within a week and ordered another.
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3
noun
Handwriting in separate letters rather than joined-up writing.
Please fill in the form in clear printing, not cursive.
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Word family
Forms
printings
Derived forms
bioprintingimmunoprintingmicroprintingnanoprintingnon-printingnonprintingprinting-houseteleprintingthermoprintingtoeprintingwhiteprinting
Etymology
By surface analysis, print + -ing.