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verb pub·lish \ ˈpə-blish \

Definition of publish

transitive verb

1 a :to make generally known

b :to make public announcement of

2 a :to disseminate to the public

b :to produce or release for distribution; specifically :print 2c

c :to issue the work of (an author)

intransitive verb

1 :to put out an edition

2 :to have one's work accepted for publication

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publishable

play \-bli-shə-bəl\ adjective

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Examples of publish in a Sentence

It's a small company that only publishes about four books a year.
The university press publishes academic titles.
The newspaper is published daily.
There is a lot of pressure for professors to publish regularly.
He has not published anything for a long time.
The magazine published two of my stories.

Recent Examples of publish from the Web

Adapted from the foreword to Studio 54, by Ian Schrager, to be published this month by Rizzoli.

— bob colacello, Vanities, "Why Studio 54 Still Lives on in Our Imaginations," 31 Aug. 2017
A study published in 2012 found that marijuana use may be as high as 40 to 50 percent among male CVS patients.

— katie heaney, The Atlantic, "Will Smoking Pot Make Me Vomit Forever?," 30 Aug. 2017
The full Top 15 poll as well as offensive and defensive players to watch will be published in The Sun and online at baltimoresun.com Friday morning.

— katherine dunn, baltimoresun.com, "High school football preseason Top 5: a look at No. 3 McDonogh," 30 Aug. 2017
There was a bit of breathlessness over a clinical trial report published this weekend in The New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Barcelona.

— Fortune, "Brainstorm Health: Novartis Inflammation Drug, Gilead Buys Kite, Children’s Health Insurance," 28 Aug. 2017
Another study on pregnant and postpartum women in Canada, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders in 2016, also suggests that postpartum anxiety is more common than many of us realize.

— korin miller, SELF, "When Being a Worried Mom Turns Into Postpartum Depression," 28 Aug. 2017
The study in question was published this month in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology and was conducted by Wei Qian of Capital Medical University in Beijing, and his research team.

— kaleigh fasanella, Allure, "New Study Says Hyaluronic Acid Fillers Can Lead to Smaller Pores," 28 Aug. 2017
A small U.S. study that first suggested MDMA could help treat PTSD was published in 2011.

— kai kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, "All clear for the decisive trial of ecstasy in PTSD patients," 27 Aug. 2017
As part of the study, which was published in the journal Science Advances, researchers tested water drawn from about 1,200 groundwater pumps located throughout the country.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "In Pakistan, Arsenic-Laced Groundwater Puts 60 Million People at Risk," 26 Aug. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of publish

Middle English, modification of Anglo-French publier, from Latin publicare, from publicus public

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First Known Use: 14th century

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publish Synonyms

Synonyms

get out, issue, print, put out, come out with

Related Words

copublish; reissue, reprint, republish; serialize; contribute, edit, syndicate; manufacture, produce; distribute, market

Near Antonyms

censor, suppress

PUBLISH Defined for English Language Learners

publish

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verb

Definition of publish for English Language Learners

: to prepare and produce (a book, magazine, etc.) for sale
: to have something you wrote included in a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.
: to include (an article, letter, photograph, etc.) in a magazine or newspaper

PUBLISH Defined for Kids

publish

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verb pub·lish \ ˈpə-blish \

Definition of publish for Students

published; publishing

1 :to bring printed works (as books) before the public usually for sale

2 :to print (as in a magazine or newspaper)

The newspaper published her article on dogs.

3 :to make widely known

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publisher

noun

Law Dictionary

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transitive verb pub·lish

legal Definition of publish

1 :to make known to another or to the public generally

Note: For purposes of defamation, a defamatory communication made to only one third party may be considered published.

2 a :to proclaim officially

publish an enactment

b :to declare (a will) to be a true and valid expression of one's last will

c :to reproduce (an opinion) in a reporter

3 a :to disseminate to the public or provide notice of to the public or to an individual (as through a mass medium)

ordered to publish the citation in the legal notices for three weeks

— see also notice by publication at notice

b :to distribute or offer for distribution to the public copies of (a copyrightable work) by some transfer of ownership, rental, lease, or loan

4 :utter

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publisher

noun

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