printing

noun

(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.

(uncountable) Synonym of printed matter.

(countable) Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).

(uncountable) Handwritten characters that are not joined up.

Roots

premoprint- · Latin · press

Synonyms for printing

printmakingn publishingn reprintingn

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Where does printing come from?

The word printing breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root print-, from Latin premo (“press”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.