publish

[puhb-lish]

verb (used with object)

1. to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.

2. to issue publicly the work of.

   Random House publishes Faulkner.

3. to submit (content) online, as to a message board or blog.

   I published a comment on her blog post with examples from my own life.

   They publish a new webcomic once a month.

4. to announce formally or officially; proclaim; promulgate.

   Synonyms: declare, reveal, disclose
   Antonyms: conceal

5. to make publicly or generally known.

6. Law.,  to communicate (a defamatory statement) to some person or persons other than the person defamed.

verb (used without object)

1. to issue newspapers, books, computer software, etc.; engage in publishing.

   The new house will start to publish next month.

2. to have one's work published.

   She has decided to publish with another house.

publish

/ ˈpʌblɪʃ /

verb

1. to produce and issue (printed or electronic matter) for distribution and sale

2. (intr) to have one's written work issued for publication

3. (tr) to announce formally or in public

4. (tr) to communicate (defamatory matter) to someone other than the person defamed

   to publish a libel

Other Word Forms

• publishable adjective
• mispublished adjective
• nonpublishable adjective
• unpublishable adjective
• unpublished adjective
• well-published adjective
• publishing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of publish¹

1300–50; Middle English publisshen < Anglo-French *publiss-, long stem of *publir, for Middle French publier < Latin pūblicāre to make public

Word History and Origins

Origin of publish¹

C14: from Old French puplier, from Latin pūblicāre to make _public

Synonym Study

See announce.

Example Sentences

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides the theoretical foundation that could eventually lead to new electronic devices controlled by simple magnets.

From Science Daily

It also refused to publish an independent report into the abuses.

From BBC

There have been Oscar and Bafta wins for the animated short film of the first book while publishing records have been broken for the most consecutive weeks on the Sunday Times bestsellers list.

From BBC

The government no longer publishes official data on the numbers of deaths of homeless people.

From BBC

The fee hike legislation still has to be signed by the mayor and formally published by the city clerk.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• announce 
• broadcast 
• circulate 
• declare 
• disclose 
• distribute 
• print 
• produce 
• promulgate 
• publicize 
• put out 
• report