What does Publish mean?

Definitions for Publish
ˈpʌb lɪʃpub·lish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. print, publishverb

    put into print

    "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed"

  2. publish, bring out, put out, issue, releaseverb

    prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

    "publish a magazine or newspaper"

  3. publish, writeverb

    have (one's written work) issued for publication

    "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

Wiktionary

  1. publishverb

    To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

  2. publishverb

    To issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution.

  3. publishverb

    To announce to the public.

  4. Etymology: publicen (and publish to look like to banish, finish), from publier, from publicare, from publicus; see public.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To PUBLISHverb

    Etymology: publier, Fr. publico, Lat.

    How will this grieve you,
    When you shall come to clearer knowledge, that
    You thus have published me. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    His commission from God and his doctrine tend to the impressing the necessity of that reformation, which he came to publish. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.

    Suppose he should relent,
    And publish grace to all. John Milton.

    Th’ unwearied sun, from day to day,
    Does his Creator’s pow’r display,
    And publishes to every land
    The work of an almighty hand. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    If I had not unwarily too far engaged myself for the present publishing it, I should have kept it by me. Digby.

ChatGPT

  1. publish

    Publish refers to the act of producing and distributing content or information to the public, usually in a printed or digital format. This could include books, magazines, newspapers, or online articles. It involves making the content available for viewing, reading, or selling.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Publishverb

    to make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an edict

  2. Publishverb

    to make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish banns of marriage

  3. Publishverb

    to send forth, as a book, newspaper, musical piece, or other printed work, either for sale or for general distribution; to print, and issue from the press

  4. Publishverb

    to utter, or put into circulation; as, to publish counterfeit paper

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Publish

    pub′lish, v.t. to make public: to divulge: to announce: to proclaim: to send forth to the public: to print and offer for sale: to put into circulation.—adj. Pub′lishable.—ns. Pub′lisher, one who makes public: one who publishes books; Pub′lishment, publication, esp. of banns.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. publish

    To make known. In a garrison orders are published by being read at parade. Orders are also published by circulating written copies.

Editors Contribution

  1. Publish

    To prepare, produce and communicate an electronic document.

    They did publish their lyrics online.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  

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  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Publish' in Verbs Frequency: #183

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Publish in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Publish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Publish in a Sentence

  1. John Kilduff:

    That IEA report is one of the best ones we’ve seen them publish in awhile in terms of being optimistic about the continued rebound in demand.

  2. Chan Puiman:

    We will still publish the newspaper tomorrow. We will try our best to keep running.

  3. Rey Roldan:

    [ The Rolling Stone cover ] was something that we feared for a long time, we saw The Rolling Stone cover -RSB- and we got the proofs back from the photographer and I remember thinking,' We could be really screwed here.' I remember being in Rolling Stone decision and Rolling Stone decision was really tense... Rolling Stone decision was Rolling Stone decision [ to publish the cover ].

  4. Michael Woodford:

    I'm deeply troubled that the subliminal effect of being owned by Nikkei will make it (the FT) less willing to publish articles critical of corporate Japan, which includes the Nikkei.

  5. Madelaine Atteberry:

    From this specific locality, they collected approximately 420 mammal fossils — and our paper is only the second to publish a new' condylarth' species from this collection, we hypothesize that there are more new species to be identified from this locality.

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