printable     1574 |

                 PICTURE |4?l ft 4 [G] a picture that is cut into wood or

metal then covered with ink and printed onto paper; a picture that is copied from a painting using photog­raphy jfrfi; a

framed, set of prints

                 PHOTOGRAPH J$ jf 5 M a photograph produced from

film (  >4 Sfc Ep ) IS It: How many sets of prints

would you like ? ifc M Jl iz M M" ? 0 a colour print

                 CLOTH ?}]  6 [U, C] cotton cloth that has a pattern

printed on it; this pattern EpfefU/p (          ) ; feft:

a cotton print dress    0 a floral print

                 see also blueprint

ITCT71 get into ' print to be published ft ft H&; ft ^: By the time this gets into print, they’ll already have left

the country.

liTo in print 1 (of a book 45 H) still available from the company that publishes it M^Epft 2 (of a person’s work f4nn) printed in a book, newspaper, etc. E ftj Ep;

E ft B: It was the first time he had seen his name in print.         ,out of

'print (of a book 4$ ft) no longer available from the company that publishes it XHEpfr print-able /‘printabl/ adj. (usually used with a negative ® AA- A ift® 41) suitable to be repeated in writing and read by people it % fiJ Ep ( ^ 1$ M : His comment when he heard the news was not printable (= was very rude). fife aft f!] & M ,E04 T 69 if        X S ftJ S „

rma unprintable

.printed ‘circuit noun a circuit for electricity that uses thin strips of metal instead of wires to carry the current EpftijftS# printer On /'prmta(r)/ noun 1 a machine for printing text on paper, especially one connected to a computer ft* Ep lit ( X It H'it M til 40 3* W ) : a colour/laser printer & / $ ft IT Ep 4/1

                 picture o page R5 2 a person or a company whose job is printing books, etc. Epffiij; EpflliJlA; EpHUXw] 3 printer’s {pi. printers) a place where books, etc. are printed £p Ji5!l J

print ing on /'printir/ noun 1 [U] the act of producing letters, pictures, patterns, etc. on sth by pressing a surface covered with ink against it Ep HU; Ep HU A: the invention of printing Ep H'JAWA0/! 0 the printing trade EpHUik 0 colour printing f/feEpHU 2 [C] the act of printing a number of copies of a book at one time ( 45 If P4 ) — ifc Ep HU: The book is in its sixth printing. &A-45jil£A#cEpHU7o 3 [U] a type of writing when you write all the letters separately and do not join them together EpHUXft

'printing press noun a machine that produces books, newspapers, etc. by pressing a surface covered in ink onto paper EpHUI/l

print-maker /'printmeika(r)/ noun an artist who prints pictures or designs ® E; B US M print-out /'printaut/ noun [U, C] a page or set of pages containing information in printed form from a computer (    ) iTEpft, IT Ep ^ 44: a printout of

text downloaded from the Internet 4TEpf4 — picture o page R5 — compare read-out 'print queue noun (computing if) a list of documents held on a computer that are waiting to be printed fT Ep

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'print run noun (technical Ain) the number of copies of a book, magazine, etc. printed at one time ( 45 fj

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print-works /'printw3:ks; NAmE -W3irks/ noun {pi. print­works) (BrE) a factory where patterns are printed on cloth Ep^r; Epftr

prion /'pri:nn; NAmE -a:n/ noun {biology 4) a very small unit of protein that is believed to be the cause of brain diseases such as BSE, CJD and scrapie DI4!]7,

mm&a, ft mm {immm>

prior 0-w / praia(r)/ adj., noun

m adj. [only before noun] 1 happening or existing before sth else or before a particular time AM4J; PZ; ftM

: Although not essential, some prior knowledge of statistics is desirable.   if^ #j ftl iR i  ^

*,&<> 0 This information must not be disclosed

without prior written consent. A ^ AIE I# 45 ffi ift 4T , lit If     ®So o Visits are by prior arrangement.

M W- ♦ A 41 o 0 Please give us prior notice if you need an evening meal, fir 41 Hr#, if MAS $0$ ffl o o She will be unable to attend because of a prior engagement.

MAMftEo 2 already existing and therefore more important ft A ; ft A6X PZ: They have a prior claim to the property. fifed ft IX it3 ‘prior to {formal) before sth nfcfj ffi : during the week prior to the meeting —P*3

noun (feminine pri-or-ess /'praiaros; BrE also .praia'res/) 1 a person who is in charge of a group of monks or nuns living in a priory ( 4          1^      ) IS    2 (in  an

abbey) a person next in rank      below an    abbot    or

ABBESS ( Mim )

pri ori <=>a priori

pri-ori-tize {BrE also -ise) /praTnrataiz; NAmE -’o:r-; -‘a:r-/ verb 1 to put tasks, problems,     etc. in order         of

importance, so that you can  deal   with   the most

important,first,MftitXMft: [VN] You should make a list of all the jobs you have to do and prioritize them.       448c

[also V] 2 [VN] (formal) to treat sth as being more important than other things ffcA^hS: The organization was formed to prioritize the needs of older people.

prioritization, -isa-tion /prai.DrataTzeiJn; NAmE -,o:rata’z-; -,a:ra-/ noun [U]

pri or ity fHr /prai'Drati; NAmE -'o:r-; -'air-/ noun {pi. -ies)

1 [C] something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first ifcA#®; Wr^P^;        a high/lowpriority 1L&/

O Education is a top priority. o Our first priority is to improve standards.

o Financial security was high on his

list of priorities.

—i^0 <> You need to get your priorities right {= decide

what is important to you).      g E

%&M.o o {NAmE) You need to get your priorities straight.

m, 2 [uj - (over sth) the most important place among various things that have to be done or among a group of people it A; it AIX; fiA ET7TI precedence Club members will be given priority. ^ A      ^        it AIXo 0 The search for

a new vaccine will take priority over all other medical research.      o

Priority cases, such as homeless families, get dealt with

first, itxmm,

3 [U] (BrE) the right of a vehicle to go before other traffic at a particular place on a road ( AffiPZ ) ft A® It IX BEE! Right of way ; Buses have priority at this junction.     p, A^n^MftAMIrlXo

pri-ory /‘praiari/ noun {pi. -ies) a building where a community of monks or nuns lives, which is smaller and less important than an abbey prise (BrE) {NAmE prize) /praiz/ (also pry /prai/ espe­cially in NAmE) verb to use force to separate sth from sth else ® fj it Z4JF ; M7f : [VN -t-adv./prep.) He prised her fingers from the bag and took it from her. i&MJfifib o [VN-ADJ] She used a

knife to prise open the lid. M 43 AJ IE m ^ M ft

.prise sth-—out (of sb) | prise sth from sb to

force sb to give you information about sb/sth ( fa

A)iil'p]1fU;

prism /’prizam/ noun 1 (geometry fl M) a solid figure with ends that are parallel and of the same size and shape, and with sides whose opposite edges are equal and parallel lift44; ft ft — picture o solid 2 a trans­parent glass or plastic object, often with ends in the shape of a triangle, which separates light that passes through it into the colours of the rainbow ^; H