publish

publish
[[t]pʌ̱blɪʃ[/t]]
♦♦
publishes, publishing, published
1) VERB When a company publishes a book or magazine, it prints copies of it, which are sent to shops to be sold.

[V n] They publish reference books...

[V n] His latest book of poetry will be published by Faber in May.

2) VERB When the people in charge of a newspaper or magazine publish a piece of writing or a photograph, they print it in their newspaper or magazine.

[V n] The ban was imposed after the magazine published an article satirising the government...

I don't encourage people to take photographs like this without permission, but by law we can publish.

Syn:
3) VERB If someone publishes a book or an article that they have written, they arrange to have it published.

[V n] John Lennon found time to publish two books of his humorous prose.

4) VERB If you publish information or an opinion, you make it known to the public by having it printed in a newspaper, magazine, or official document.

[V n] The demonstrators called on the government to publish a list of registered voters.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • publish — pub‧lish [ˈpʌblɪʆ] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to arrange the writing, production, and sale of a book, magazine etc: • Her second novel was published in July. • We publish education books. 2. [transitive] to make official information such… …   Financial and business terms

  • Publish — Pub lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Published}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Publishing}.] [F. publier, L. publicare, publicatum. See {Public}, and { ish}.] 1. To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • publish — (v.) early 14c., to make public, from M.E. publicen (c.1300), altered (by influence of banish, finish, etc.) from O.Fr. publier, from L. publicare make public, from publicus public (see PUBLIC (Cf. public)). The meaning to issue (a book,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • publish — *declare, announce, advertise, proclaim, promulgate, broadcast Analogous words: divulge, disclose, *reveal, discover: *communicate, impart: vent, ventilate, utter, broach, *express …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • publish — [v] have printed, issue announce, bring out, broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, distribute, divulge, let it be known*, print, proclaim, produce, promulgate, publicize, put in print, put out, report, spotlight; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • publish — ► VERB 1) prepare and issue (a book, newspaper, piece of music, etc.) for public sale. 2) print in a book, newspaper, or journal so as to make generally known. 3) announce formally. 4) Law communicate (a libel) to a third party. DERIVATIVES… …   English terms dictionary

  • publish — [pub′lish] vt. [ME publisshen < extended stem of OFr publier < L publicare, to make public < publicus, PUBLIC] 1. to make publicly known; announce, proclaim, divulge, or promulgate 2. a) to issue (a printed work, etc.) to the public, as… …   English World dictionary

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  • publish — verb ADVERB ▪ recently ▪ originally, previously ▪ extensively (esp. AmE), widely ▪ He has published extensively on medieval education …   Collocations dictionary

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