{
    "term": "printing",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "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",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the invention of printing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "colour printing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a printing business/firm"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the printing industry/trade"
                },
                {
                    "text": "production and printing costs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They used 108 different printing characters."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of printing a number of copies of a book at one time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The book is in its sixth printing."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a type of writing when you write all the letters separately and do not join them together",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/printing/printing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/printing/printing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}