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{
"term": "print",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "print",
"heSheIt": "prints"
},
"pastSimple": "printed",
"pastParticiple": "printed",
"ingForm": "printing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to produce letters, pictures, etc. on paper using a machine that puts ink (= coloured liquid) on the surface",
"sensetop": "print (something)be printed with something",
"labels": "(computing)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm printing a copy of the document for you.",
"contextForm": "print (something)"
},
{
"text": "Do you want your address printed at the top of the letter?"
},
{
"text": "Click on the icon when you want to print."
},
{
"text": "Each card is printed with a different message.",
"contextForm": "be printed with something"
},
{
"text": "I couldn't get the graphics to print correctly."
},
{
"text": "The images are scanned onto computers and digitally printed."
},
{
"text": "The message was printed in blue ink."
},
{
"text": "printing from a file"
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
"preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to produce books, newspapers, etc. by printing them in large quantities",
"sensetop": "print something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They printed 30 000 copies of the book."
},
{
"text": "The firm specializes in printing calendars."
},
{
"text": "She had the memoir privately printed in a limited edition."
},
{
"text": "The book is beautifully printed on good quality paper."
},
{
"text": "We had the first issue of the newsletter professionally printed."
},
{
"text": "a leaflet printed on recycled paper"
},
{
"text": "He was handing out cheaply printed business cards."
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
"preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to publish something in printed form",
"sensetop": "print something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The photo was printed in all the national newspapers."
},
{
"text": "The magazine was sued for printing a libellous article about her family."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to produce a photograph on paper from a digital file or from film",
"sensetop": "print something (from something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Photographs can be printed from a digital file or from a negative."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
"preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to write without joining the letters together",
"sensetop": "print (something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Print your name and address clearly in the space provided."
},
{
"text": "He had printed his name in capitals at the bottom of the picture."
},
{
"text": "In some countries children learn to print when they first go to school."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to make a mark on a soft surface by pressing",
"sensetop": "print something (in/on something)",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The tracks of the large animal were clearly printed in the sand."
},
{
"text": "The memory of that day was indelibly printed on his brain."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to make a design on a surface or cloth by pressing a surface against it which has been coloured with ink or dye",
"sensetop": "print A on Bprint B with A",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They had printed their own design on the T-shirt.",
"contextForm": "print A on B"
},
{
"text": "a T-shirt printed with their own design",
"contextForm": "print B with A"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
"preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to describe a business that makes a lot of money with little effort",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "having no value, especially legally, or because one of the people involved has no intention of doing what they said they would",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "what is published in books, newspapers, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the power of the printed word"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪnt/",
"audio": "pr/print/print__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪnts/",
"audio": "pr/print/prints__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪd/",
"audio": "pr/print/printed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/print/printing__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪnt/",
"audio": "pr/print/print__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪnts/",
"audio": "pr/print/prints__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪd/",
"audio": "pr/print/printed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/print/printing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting the impression made by a stamp or seal): from Old French preinte ‘pressed’, feminine past participle of preindre, from Latin premere ‘to press’."
}