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• unpublished adjective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 research was published in Plant Biotechnology Journal.

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The findings, published in the Journal of Coastal Research, showed that hatchlings from all three species took much longer to complete their paths when sargassum was present.

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The study, published in Science Advances, highlights an unexpected form of drug resistance and offers a potential new direction for treating one of the most lethal blood cancers in adults.

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The study, published Nov. 14 in Neuron, shows that hypertension can trigger early shifts in gene expression within individual brain cells.

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The findings were published online on Nov. 21, 2025, in Current Biology.

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Related Words

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