Meanings
nounprinting (countable and uncountable, plural printings)
plural printings
- uncountableThe process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.
Synonyms: imprintery
- uncountableSynonym of printed matter.
They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.
Synonyms: printed matter
- uncountableHandwritten characters that are not joined up.
The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster.
Antonyms: cursive
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of print.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
Similar
nounSynonym of printed matter.
Similar
nounSynonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
Similar
nounHandwritten characters that are not joined up.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, print + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طِبَاعَة
- طِبَاعَة (ṭibāʕa)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Bulgarian тираж, печа́тарство
- тираж (tiraž)all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- печа́тарство (pečátarstvo)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Catalan tirada, impressió
- tiradaall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- impressióthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- impremtathe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Chinese Mandarin 印刷
- 印刷 (yìnshuā)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Czech tisk
- tiskthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Danish oplag
- oplagall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
Dutch oplage, boekdrukkunst
- oplageall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- boekdrukkunstthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- drukkunstthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Finnish painos, kirjapainotaito
- painosall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- kirjapainotaitothe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
French tirage, imprimerie
- tirageall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- imprimeriethe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
German Auflage, Drucken
- Auflageall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- Druckenthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- Druckthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Greek τυπογραφία
- τυπογραφία (typografía)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Irish clódóireacht
- clódóireachtthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Italian tiratura
- tiraturaall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
Japanese 印刷
- 印刷 (insatsu)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Korean 인쇄
- 인쇄 (inswae)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Malay pencetakan, cetakan
- pencetakanthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- cetakanmaterial that has been printed
Norwegian opplag
- opplagall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
Persian چاپ
- چاپ (čâp)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Polish drukarstwo, druk
- drukarstwothe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- drukthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Portuguese tiragem, impressão
- tiragemall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- impressãothe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Romanian tipar, tipografiere
- tiparthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- tipografierethe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- imprimeriethe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- tipăriturămaterial that has been printed
Russian печа́тание, печа́ть
- печа́тание (pečátanije)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- печа́ть (pečátʹ)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Spanish tirada, impresión
- tiradaall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- impresiónthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Swahili uchapaji
- uchapajithe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
Swedish upplaga
- upplagaall the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
Ukrainian наклад, тираж
- наклад (naklad)all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- тираж (tyraž)all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
- відбиток (vidbytok)written characters not joined up
- друкува́ння (drukuvánnja)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- друк (druk)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- друка́рство (drukárstvo)the process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
- друк (druk)material that has been printed
Vietnamese in ấn
- in ấnthe process or business of producing printed material — see also typography
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“printing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “printing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/printing.
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