Print

What “Print” means

Adj

1. Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

Verb

1. To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
2. To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
3. To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
4. To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
5. To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.

Noun

1. Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
2. Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
3. The letters forming the text of a document.
4. A newspaper.
5. A visible impression on a surface.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”), Danish prente (“to print”), Swedish prenta (“to write German letters”). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).

Business name ideas with “Print”

Industries where “Print” fits

We suggest this word for 5 business types and industries, including:

• 3D Printing Business
• Print Shop
• T-Shirt Business
• Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)
• Men’s and Boys’ Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing