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overprint

/ˈəʊvəprɪnt/

/ˈoʊvərprɪnt/

Translations

overprintnoun

overprints

/ˈəʊvəprɪnt/

/ˈoʊvərprɪnt/

надпечатка

The stamp had a rare overprint that increased its value.

На марке была редкая надпечатка, которая увеличила ее стоимость.

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Synonyms

overprintverb

overprinted

Past Simple

overprinted

Past Participle

overprinting

Gerund

/ˌəʊvəˈprɪnt/

/ˌoʊvərˈprɪnt/

перепечатывать

The printer can overprint the text on the existing document.

Принтер может перепечатывать текст на существующем документе.

Additional translations

накладывать

Synonyms

imprint

print over

reprint

overprintadjective

/ˌəʊvəˈprɪnt/

/ˌoʊvərˈprɪnt/

Used attributively to describe something that has been printed over or relates to an overprint.

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Definitions

overprintnoun

An additional layer of printing applied to a previously printed surface, often used to add details or corrections.

The overprint on the stamp indicated a change in postal rates.

A printed mark or design added to a document or item, such as a stamp or banknote, after the original printing process.

The rare banknote featured an overprint that increased its value among collectors.

A later geological process or feature that modifies earlier textures, structures, or mineral assemblages in a rock.

The metamorphic overprint obliterated most of the original sedimentary structures.

overprintverb

To print additional material or a new design on top of something that has already been printed.

The publisher decided to overprint the book covers with a special anniversary logo.

(Geology) To alter or supersede existing features in rock by a later tectonic or metamorphic event.

Regional metamorphism overprinted the earlier deformation fabrics.

overprintadjective

Relating to or featuring an overprint; printed on top of an existing image or text.

Collectors prize overprint errors that make the overprint text appear upside-down.