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

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   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. Mark Zaid:

   Publishing details about the whistleblower will only lead to identification of someone, whether our client or the wrong person, as the whistleblower. This will place this individual in a much more dangerous situation, not only in their professional world but also their possible personal safety.

2. Daniel Cohen:

   Every region controlled by ISIS has its own production company, and every day they're publishing, people sit around for hours tweeting and re-tweeting and sending messages all around.

3. Bruce Goldfarb:

   However, in the case of Tribune Publishing Co, the' withhold' ratio was really high.

4. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   The unexplained disappearance of five individuals associated with a Hong Kong bookstore and publishing house has raised questions in Hong Kong.

5. Cat Ellington:

   Nearly everything I do is independent. It's my nature, what being fiercely independent. And publishing my written works of literature under my own imprint—Quill Pen Ink Publishing—is no different.

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