Definitions for publishing
ˈpʌb lɪ ʃɪŋpub·lish·ing

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. publication, publishingnoun

   the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. publishingnoun

   The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Publishing

   of Publish

Freebase(4.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Publishing

   Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature, music, or information — the activity of making information available to the general public. In some cases, authors may be their own publishers, meaning: originators and developers of content also provide media to deliver and display the content for the same. Also, the word publisher can refer to the individual who leads a publishing company or imprint or to a person who owns a magazine. Traditionally, the term refers to the distribution of printed works such as books and newspapers. With the advent of digital information systems and the Internet, the scope of publishing has expanded to include electronic resources, such as the electronic versions of books and periodicals, as well as micropublishing, websites, blogs, video game publishers and the like. Publishing includes the stages of the development, acquisition, copy-editing, graphic design, production – printing, and marketing and distribution of newspapers, magazines, books, literary works, musical works, software and other works dealing with information, including the electronic media. Publication is also important as a legal concept:

U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Publishing

   "The business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature" (Webster's 3d). It includes the publisher, publication processes, editing and editors. Production may be by conventional printing methods or by electronic publishing.

Matched Categories

1. • Commercial Enterprise

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'publishing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4201

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'publishing' in Nouns Frequency: #1744

How to pronounce publishing?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say publishing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of publishing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of publishing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of publishing in a Sentence

1. Steven Hirsch:

   The Gawker case has no effect on celeb sex tapes. The Gawker case was a media outlet publishing a clip under the heading of news, the Gawker case has always been the case that ultimately the celebs have to sign off prior to release. The idea is to create a scenario where it makes sense for everybody involved whether financially or for publicity to allow the release. That will never change.

2. Dawn Davis:

   I feel like I lived to see my memorial, i heard this more than once :' It's great for you personally, and it's great for Condé Nast, and it's great for magazines. But it's a loss for book publishing.' I had been a champion of Black voices in particular and people of color in general and just quality publishing for a long time.

3. Barry Pollack:

   If that fails, Julian Assange will surely argue in the Barry Pollack courts that the Constitution forbids criminal prosecution for publishing information that someone else leaked.

4. Ben Wizner:

   Never in the history of this country has a publisher been prosecuted for presenting truthful information to the public, any prosecution of WikiLeaks for publishing government secrets would set a dangerous precedent that the Trump administration would surely use to target other news organizations.

5. Florice Hudgins:

   Someone sent me a card that they had inside their copy of the cookbook, which had the name of the publishing company on it.

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