publishing

noun

pub·lish·ing ˈpə-bli-shiŋ

: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art

newspaper publishing

software publishing

Examples of publishing in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web Took the cover off the book, the publishing house goes away. —

Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024 At the time of publishing, the gray chair was 22% off and the black was 31% off. —

Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024 After already serving as president of music publishing in North America, Scherer was named president of global catalog recordings by the company earlier this year. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024 And, in some cases, was even giving publishing back to some of the artists. —

Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for publishing

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English publisching "act of announcing, public declaration, issuing of copies of a book," from gerund of publisshen "to make known, publish"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of publishing was in the 15th century

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