English
publish
Etymology

From Middle English publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare, from publicus ("pertaining to the people, public"); see public.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: pŭb'lĭsh, IPA: /ˈpʌblɪʃ/
  • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA: /ˈpʊblɪʃ/
Verb

publish (publishes, present participle publishing; simple past and past participle published)

  1. (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
    The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.
    Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
    The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot.
  2. (transitive) To announce to the public.
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services published a press release on May 22, 2013.
    The Bolshevik government published an announcement of the tsar's death.
    No newspaper published the victim's name.
  3. (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).
    Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.
  4. (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
  5. (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
    Major city papers still publish daily.
  6. (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.
    She needs to publish in order to get tenure.
  7. (intransitive, of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
    The article first published online, then in print the next day.
  8. (programming) To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
  9. (Christianity) To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).
Conjugation
Conjugation of publish

infinitive (to) publish
present tense past tense
1st-person singular publish published
2nd-person singular

 publish, publishest†

 published, publishedst†
3rd-person singular

 publishes, publisheth†

 published
plural

 publish

subjunctive

 publish

published
imperative

 publish

—
participles

 publishing

 published

†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms Antonyms
  • (To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified) private
Related terms Translations Translations Translations

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.001
Offline English dictionary