epub

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proper noun

An e-book standard and file format based on HTML and designed to work across different devices and platforms, now governed by the W3C.

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Meanings

epub1

nounepub (plural epubs)

plural epubs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of EPUB.

    “I said I don’t have the bag space for print books, but she could have her agent send an epub file to mine.”

    2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 90

EPUB2

proper noun

alternative ePub · alternative epub

  1. file formatmediaAn e-book standard and file format based on HTML and designed to work across different devices and platforms, now governed by the W3C.

    The intrinsic fallback mechanisms that HTML5 elements provide are not the only ones available to you at the content document level. EPUB also adds its own content-level fallback mechanism in the epub:switch element.

    2013, Matt Garrish, Markus Gylling, EPUB 3 Best Practices, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 107
nounEPUB (plural EPUBs)

plural EPUBs · alternative ePub · alternative epub

  1. countableA document encoded in EPUB format.

    When it comes to EPUBs, there are two types: reflowable and fixed layout.

    2017, Ted Padova, Adobe InDesign Interactive Digital Publishing: Tips, Techniques, and Workarounds for Formatting Across Your Devices, Apress, →ISBN, page 383

ePub3

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of EPUB

Origin

Clipping of electronic publication.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pube
Cite this entry
APA

epub. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epub

MLA

“epub.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epub. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epub,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epub.

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