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# printing

verb form of print (print, prints, printed, printing); noun (printing)

«printing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Printing means putting words or pictures on paper with a machine called a printer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#m1)
2. Printing is also the job or business of making books and newspapers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#m2)
3. Printing can mean writing with separate letters that are not joined, not in joined-up writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#m3)
4. In art, printing is pressing a shape with paint onto paper, like potato printing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: pages or copies printed; printing speed as pages per minute: pages = speed × time, time = pages ÷ speed. In history: the printing press made books cheap and spread reading. In art lessons: printing with sponges, leaves or potatoes. In handwriting: print your name in capital letters. Phrases: printing press, printing out, print-out, printing ink.

### Examples

- The printer is printing 15 pages a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x1)
- Printing one book costs 3 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x2)
- How long is printing 90 pages? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x3)
- They finished printing 200 flyers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x4)
- The teacher is printing our reading sheets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x5)
- Before the printing press, books were copied by hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x6)
- In art we did leaf printing with green paint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x7)
- Please print your name in capital letters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x8)
- In this way these tales are older than reading and writing, far older than printing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/#x9)

### Note

«Print out» means to print from a computer. A «printer» is the machine or the person who prints. Usually a rate: pages = speed × time; time = pages ÷ speed. Trap: check that the units of time match. Trap: printing on both sides uses half as many sheets as pages.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths: pages or copies printed; printing speed as pages per minute: pages = speed × time, time = pages ÷ speed. In history: the printing press made books cheap and spread reading. In art lessons: printing with sponges, leaves or potatoes. In handwriting: print your name in capital letters. Phrases: printing press, printing out, print-out, printing ink.

### Note

«Print out» means to print from a computer. A «printer» is the machine or the person who prints. Usually a rate: pages = speed × time; time = pages ÷ speed. Trap: check that the units of time match. Trap: printing on both sides uses half as many sheets as pages.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «printing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«printing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/printing.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «printing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/printing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«printing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/printing.html) on Mova free.