Reprints

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Copies produced again of an already published article, book, or image
2. Duplicate editions of printed material made available after the first issue
3. Additional runs of a publication reproduced to distribute beyond the original printing

Etymology: "Reprints" is the plural of "reprint," a noun for a new run of copies of something already published, such as a book, article or image. The plural form simply names several such runs or copies. The noun is built from the prefix "re-", meaning "again," attached to "print," so a reprint is literally a printing done once more. Its origin is therefore plain: "print" was a verb before it was a noun, and "reprint" follows the same pattern as other re- compounds in English.

Synonyms: reproductions, copies, replicas, reissues, facsimiles