1 [U] the act of producing letters, pictures, patterns, etc. on sth by pressing a surface covered with ink against it:
the invention of printing * the printing trade * fabric / colour printing * production and printing costs
2 [C] the act of printing a number of copies of a book at one time:
The book is in its sixth printing.
3 [U] a type of writing when you write all the letters separately and do not join them together
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is printing a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, printing is tagged as noun.
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