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Synonyms

publication

American  
[puhb-li-key-shuhn] / ˌpʌb lɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of publishing publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.

  2. the act of bringing before the public; announcement.

  3. the state or fact of being published.

  4. something that is published, especially a periodical.

publication British  
/ ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of publishing a printed work

  2. any printed work offered for sale or distribution

  3. the act or an instance of making information public

  4. the act of disseminating defamatory matter, esp by communicating it to a third person See libel slander

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • nonpublication noun
  • propublication adjective

Etymology

Origin of publication

1350–1400; Middle English publicacioun < Latin pūblicātiōn- (stem of pūblicātiō ) a making public, confiscation, equivalent to pūblicāt ( us ) (past participle of pūblicāre to make public ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

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Congress sent him a Dunlap broadside shortly after its publication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Comments on the proposed rule are due 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Grocery Outlet is hoping to turn things around by closing struggling stores to focus on building clusters around its high-performing ones, said Catherine Douglas Moran, an editor at the trade publication Grocery Dive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

According to estimates of Private Debt Investor, a publication tracking the sector, private-credit fund sponsors appear to have raised about $40 billion so far in the first quarter.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

One geologist later described it as "probably the most significant paper in the earth sciences ever to be denied publication."

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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