{
    "term": "print",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "print",
            "heSheIt": "prints"
        },
        "pastSimple": "printed",
        "pastParticiple": "printed",
        "ingForm": "printing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to produce letters, pictures, etc. on paper using a machine that puts ink (= coloured liquid) on the surface",
            "sensetop": "print (something)be printed with something",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm printing a copy of the document for you.",
                    "contextForm": "print (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want your address printed at the top of the letter?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Click on the icon when you want to print."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each card is printed with a different message.",
                    "contextForm": "be printed with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't get the graphics to print correctly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The images are scanned onto computers and digitally printed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The message was printed in blue ink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "printing from a file"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
                "preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to produce books, newspapers, etc. by printing them in large quantities",
            "sensetop": "print something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They printed 30 000 copies of the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The firm specializes in printing calendars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had the memoir privately printed in a limited edition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book is beautifully printed on good quality paper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had the first issue of the newsletter professionally printed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a leaflet printed on recycled paper"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was handing out cheaply printed business cards."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
                "preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to publish something in printed form",
            "sensetop": "print something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The photo was printed in all the national newspapers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The magazine was sued for printing a libellous article about her family."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to produce a photograph on paper from a digital file or from film",
            "sensetop": "print something (from something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Photographs can be printed from a digital file or from a negative."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
                "preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to write without joining the letters together",
            "sensetop": "print (something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Print your name and address clearly in the space provided."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had printed his name in capitals at the bottom of the picture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In some countries children learn to print when they first go to school."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to make a mark on a soft surface by pressing",
            "sensetop": "print something (in/on something)",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The tracks of the large animal were clearly printed in the sand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The memory of that day was indelibly printed on his brain."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to make a design on a surface or cloth by pressing a surface against it which has been coloured with ink or dye",
            "sensetop": "print A on Bprint B with A",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They had printed their own design on the T-shirt.",
                    "contextForm": "print A on B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a T-shirt printed with their own design",
                    "contextForm": "print B with A"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["beautifully", "badly", "cheaply"],
                "preposition": ["from", "in", "on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to describe a business that makes a lot of money with little effort",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "having no value, especially legally, or because one of the people involved has no intention of doing what they said they would",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "what is published in books, newspapers, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the power of the printed word"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪnt/",
                "audio": "pr/print/print__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪnts/",
                "audio": "pr/print/prints__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/print/printed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/print/printing__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪnt/",
                "audio": "pr/print/print__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪnts/",
                "audio": "pr/print/prints__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/print/printed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/print/printing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting the impression made by a stamp or seal): from Old French preinte ‘pressed’, feminine past participle of preindre, from Latin premere ‘to press’."
}