publication
[puhb-li-key-shuh n]
- the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- the act of bringing before the public; announcement.
- the state or fact of being published.
- something that is published, especially a periodical.
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Origin of publication
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Examples from the Web for publication
Contemporary Examples
I do not believe we have a current count of fugitives for publication, but will inquire.
The publication said the plot was first uncovered by American intelligence.
The alleged plan was first reported in the British publication Express, citing anonymous security sources.
Now, with the publication of ‘Loitering,’ the uninitiated can discover what all the fuss is about.
Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection.Steve Almond
November 14, 2014
UPDATE: Since publication yesterday, the Philae team learned that the probe bounced two times and apparently landed on its side.
Historical Examples
Written years before, at the time of publication he was thirty-three.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
The fellow had practised upon my credulity to obtain my likeness for publication.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
Soon after the publication of the book, a great calamity came on Fielding.
Joseph Andrews Vol. 1Henry Fielding
The publication of this, as I told Mr. Wentworth, will really not matter at all.
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
His Majesty had cognisance of it, and forbade the publication of the names.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, CompleteMadame La Marquise De Montespan
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Archaic word: publishment
Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin pūblicātiō confiscation of an individual's property, from pūblicāre to seize and assign to public use
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Word Origin and History for publication
n.
late 14c., "the act of making publicly known," from Old French publicacion (14c.) and directly from Latin publicationem (nominative publicatio) "a making public," noun of action from past participle stem of publicare "make public," from publicus (see public (adj.)). Meaning "the issuing of a written or printed work" is first recorded 1570s; as the word for the thing so issued, from 1650s. Parallel publishment had a shadowy existence alongside this word, in local and specialized use, into the 18c.
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