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publish.

To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpʌblɪʃ//ˈpʊblɪʃ/Ireland, Northern-England
  1. To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

    transitive
    The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.
    Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  2. To announce to the public.

    transitive
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services published a press release on May 22, 2013.
    The Bolshevik government published an announcement of the tsar's death.
  3. To issue the work of (an author).

    transitive
    Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.
  4. To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

    Internet · transitive
  5. To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

    intransitive
    Major city papers still publish daily.
  6. To have one's work accepted for a publication.

    intransitive
    She needs to publish in order to get tenure.
  7. To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.

    intransitive
    The article first published online, then in print the next day.
  8. To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).

  9. To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).

Where this word comes from

From Middle English publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare (“to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use”), from publicus (“pertaining to the people, public”); see public.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.