Publish

Quick meaning: Publish is a verb meaning (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

Meaning

(transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To announce to the public.
2. (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).
3. (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
4. (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
5. (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.
6. (intransitive, of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
7. (programming) To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).

Example Sentences

No newspaper published the victim's name.

Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.

The Bolshevik government published an announcement of the tsar's death.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services published a press release on May 22, 2013.

Word Forms

• publishes
• publishing
• published
• publishest
• publishedst
• publisheth

Synonyms for publish

Depending on context, synonyms include disclose, post, issue, release, put out, print.

Antonyms for publish

Common opposites include private.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include write, print, issue, release, put out, publication.

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