printing

noun

print·​ing ˈprin-tiŋ 

1

: the act or product of one that prints

2

: reproduction in printed form

3

: the art, practice, or business of a printer

4

: impression sense 7a

5

printings plural : paper to be printed on

Examples of printing in a Sentence

The book is already in its second printing, and a third printing is scheduled for later this year.

The book has had two printings of 100,000 copies each.

Her printing is very neat.

Recent Examples on the Web

The Pioneer Room, which is in a separate building but shares the same parking lot as the main library, also will offer public computer access, printing services and limited browsing of new books. —Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025

For example, one of the most spectacular techniques is 3-D printing. —Laura May Todd, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025

Conservators took 19 years to restore the work, which went back on view in 2015, but Factum Arte sought to improve upon it by scanning, printing, and casting each of the fragments before reassembling it. —Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025

Likewise executed in blue ceramic, its 41 mm case features an engraved bezel with a 1/10th-seconds track in white printing. —Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing printing

• 3D printing
• printing office
• printing press
• relief printing

Rhymes for printing

• glinting
• hinting
• minting
• splinting
• sprinting
• squinting
• tinting
• fingerprinting
• imprinting
• reprinting
• unstinting

Kids Definition

printing

noun

print·​ing ˈprint-iŋ 

1

: the process of putting something in printed form

2

: the art or business of a printer