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publishing

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. publishing (noun)
  2. publish (verb)
  3. desktop publishing (noun)
  4. electronic publishing (noun)
  5. self-publish (verb)

pub·lish·ing

noun \-shiŋ\

Definition of PUBLISHING

: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art <newspaper publishing> <software publishing>
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Examples of PUBLISHING

  1. He was hoping to get a job in publishing after college.
  2. Her sister works for a well-known publishing company.

First Known Use of PUBLISHING

1580

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