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Definition of printing noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

printing

noun
 
 
/ˈprɪntɪŋ/
 
/ˈprɪntɪŋ/
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the act of producing letters, pictures, patterns, etc. on something by pressing a surface covered with ink (= coloured liquid for printing, drawing, etc.) against it
    • the invention of printing
    • colour printing
    • a printing business/firm
    • the printing industry/trade
    • production and printing costs
    • They used 108 different printing characters.
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  2. [countable] the act of printing a number of copies of a book at one time
    • The book is in its sixth printing.
  3. [uncountable] a type of writing when you write all the letters separately and do not join them together
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