Publish

/ˈpʌblɪʃ/ · verb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

In an article published in 2008 [Gérard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.

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.

Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.

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