printprintprints2noun1(no plural) letters that a machine makes on paper: The print is too small to read without my glasses.2(pluralprints) a mark where something has pressed on something: footprints in the snowThe police are looking for prints (= fingerprints).3(pluralprints) a copy on paper of a painting or photographprintprintprintsprintedprinting1verb (prints, printing, printed)1to put words or pictures onto paper using a machine. Books, newspapers and magazines are printed.2to write with letters that are not joined together: Please print your name and address clearly.