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printing

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪntɪŋ/

The English word “printing” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
  2. Synonym of printed matter.
  3. Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
  4. Handwritten characters that are not joined up.

Etymology

By surface analysis, print + -ing.

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