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• unpublished adjective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

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

Research published in medical journals indicates that myocarditis after a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is rare, although it is more likely to occur in boys within the first week of receiving the second dose.

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In a note published Sunday, he reaffirmed his outperform rating and raised his price target on the stock to $305 from $290.

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In a study published earlier this year, Dudley and colleagues at Berkeley analyzed feathers from 17 bird species and found alcohol metabolites in 10 of them.

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To demonstrate their approach, the researchers applied it to a recently published GBS experiment that would take at least 9,000 years to reproduce using current supercomputers.

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Their findings, published in Nature Communications, show that the brain's structure progresses through five broad phases.

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Related Words

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