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print something out

 

1. to write something out by using block letters. Please print it out. I can't read your handwriting. Print out your name, please.

2. to use a computer printer to print something. I will print a copy out and send it to you. Please print out another copy.

See also: out, print

print out

1. Write by drawing letters as opposed to cursive writing, as in Please print out your name above your signature.

2. Use a computer printer, as in This manuscript is too long to print out, so let's continue using floppy disks. [Second half of 1900s]

See also: out, print

print out

v.

1. To produce something by printing or with a printer: The student printed out two copies of the document by hand. This printer prints out ten pages a minute.

2. To reproduce some image or document stored on a computer by printing it on paper or displaying it on a screen: She printed my files out for me. He printed out some pictures. You can set up this program so that it prints everything out in a single window.

3. To be reproduced with a printer or by display on a computer screen: After these documents print out, put them in an envelope and leave it on my desk. My documents have been printing out crooked—is something wrong with the printer?

See also: out, print