publish
Americanverb (used with object)
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publishes,
present (3rd person singular)
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published,
past participle, past
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publishing
present participle
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to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
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to issue publicly the work of.
Random House publishes Faulkner.
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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.
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to announce formally or officially; proclaim; promulgate.
- Antonyms:
- conceal
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to make publicly or generally known.
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Law. to communicate (a defamatory statement) to some person or persons other than the person defamed.
verb (used without object)
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publishes,
present (3rd person singular)
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published,
past participle, past
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publishing
present participle
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to issue newspapers, books, computer software, etc.; engage in publishing.
The new house will start to publish next month.
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to have one's work published.
She has decided to publish with another house.
verb
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to produce and issue (printed or electronic matter) for distribution and sale
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(intr) to have one's written work issued for publication
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(tr) to announce formally or in public
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(tr) to communicate (defamatory matter) to someone other than the person defamed
to publish a libel
Synonym Usage
See announce.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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publishingnoun
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mispublishedadjective
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nonpublishableadjective
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publishableadjective
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unpublishableadjective
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unpublishedadjective
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well-publishedadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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publishsimple
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publishessimple
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have publishedperfect
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has publishedperfect
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am publishingprogressive
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are publishingprogressive
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is publishingprogressive
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have been publishingperfect progressive
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has been publishingperfect progressive
Past
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publishedsimple
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had publishedperfect
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was publishingprogressive
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were publishingprogressive
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had been publishingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of publish
1300–50; Middle English publisshen < Anglo-French *publiss-, long stem of *publir, for Middle French publier < Latin pūblicāre to make public
Explanation
Anyone can write something just for themselves. If you publish your writing, it's available to others. For a writer, to publish is about the best thing there is. Like a lot of words, publish is used in a few ways. When a writer publishes six articles, six pieces of his or her writing have been accepted for publication in books or magazines. When a company publishes an article or book, it actually prints it up and sells it to the public. If you write a blog, you can also say that you publish your writing. Or, a teacher can publish a magazine of student writing just for her class.
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Example Sentences
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The MoJ said Millsike would employ about 600 people, external, but it is unclear at present how many roles are filled as private prisons, unlike public ones, do not have to publish this data.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
An additional 7% percent said they would take advantage of the semiannual reporting option, but also publish select financial data, such as sales figures, on an interim basis outside the twice-per-year reporting periods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
An additional 39% said they would make no changes to their current practices, meaning they would file 10-Qs—the regulatory form for quarterly earnings—and publish quarterly releases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Of the 400 California venues Scott has added to Only Everywhere’s directory, more than half don’t publish anything online about accessibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Disgusted with Cantor, Kronecker launched vitriolic attacks against Cantor’s work and made it extremely difficult for him to publish papers.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Uefa publishes its first statement saying football is "not Fifa's to sell", and accuses Fifa of 'crossing a line'.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
She also publishes her own work on her Substack, Consumed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He is the founder of CapitAI, a Substack publication that publishes the CapitAI Index — a quarterly measure of AI adoption among publicly traded companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The agency publishes a schedule of what days and times to expect the ritual, based on moon cycles and the timing at San Pedro’s Cabrillo Beach, a known grunion hotspot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Herbert Muhammad now publishes Muhammad Speaks, the Nation’s newspaper that I began.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
A consultation on how the powers will work is due to be published next week.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The findings were published in the Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
A poll published earlier in the week revealed that 56 percent of Canadians surveyed wanted their government to take a "hard line" and make no more concessions to Washington on trade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
“I think the optics are obvious,” the Emmy award-winning actor told Vanity Fair in an interview published Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Afterwards some of these letters were published, although Dr. Kane’s family strongly objected.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Knowledge flows easily between them thanks to a culture of publishing research and the Chinese developers’ preference for open-source technologies that are largely free for download and modification.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"We will be formally publishing details of the procedure so that veterinary colleagues around the world can learn from and build upon our approach," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He says he had no qualms about publishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Transit has remained committed to publishing works in translation, and has had genuine success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Rehnquist warned Bradlee to cease publishing the Pentagon Papers.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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