Meanings
verbpublish (third-person singular simple present publishes, present participle publishing, simple past and past participle published)
present singular third person publishes · participle present publishing · participle past published · past published · first person past singular published · archaic present second person singular publishest · past second person singular published · archaic past second person singular publishedst · present singular third person publishes · archaic present singular third person publisheth · past singular third person published · past plural published · past subjunctive published · participle present publishing · participle past published
- transitiveTo issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.
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Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot.
In an article published in 2008 [Gérard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.
2013 August 16, David Larousserie, “Super-lasers blaze knowledge frontier”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 35 - transitiveTo issue the work of (an author).
Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.
- intransitiveTo have one's work accepted for a publication.
She needs to publish in order to get tenure.
- intransitiveTo be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
The article first published online, then in print the next day.
- computingTo make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
- ChristianityTo preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo announce to the public.
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To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified
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More synonyms by meaning
verbprepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpublicare“to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use”
- Old Frenchpublier
- Middle Englishpublicen
- Englishpublish
From Middle English publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare (“to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use”), from publicus (“pertaining to the people, public”); see public.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَشَرَ, أَصْدَرَ
- نَشَرَ (našara)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- أَصْدَرَ (ʔaṣdara)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
Bulgarian изда́вам, изда́м
- изда́вам (izdávam)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- изда́м (izdám)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- разглася́вам (razglasjávam)to announce to the public
- разглася́ (razglasjá)to announce to the public
- публику́вам (publikúvam)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Catalan publicar, publicar
- publicarto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publicarto announce to the public
- publicarto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Chinese Mandarin 出版
- 出版 (chūbǎn)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Czech publikovat, vydat
- publikovatto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- vydatto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- vydávatto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- vydatto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Danish offentliggøre, publicere
- offentliggøreto announce to the public
- publicereto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- udgiveto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Dutch publiceren, uitgeven
- publicerento issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- uitgevento issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
Esperanto publikigi, eldoni
- publikigito issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- eldonito issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Estonian kirjastama, levitama
- kirjastamato issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- levitamato announce to the public
Finnish kustantaa, julkaista
- kustantaato issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- julkaistato announce to the public
- julkaista(Internet) to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- kustantaato issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- julkaistato issue a medium (e.g. publication)
French éditer, publier
- éditerto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publierto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publierto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
German herausgeben, veröffentlichen
- herausgebento issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- veröffentlichento issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- veröffentlichento announce to the public
- herausgebento issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- publizierento issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- veröffentlichento issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Greek εκδίδω, δημοσιεύω
- εκδίδω (ekdído)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- δημοσιεύω (dimosiévo)to announce to the public
- ανακοινώνω (anakoinóno)to announce to the public
- εκδίδω (ekdído)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Hindi प्रकाशित करना, प्रकाशन
- प्रकाशित करना (prakāśit karnā)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- प्रकाशन (prakāśan)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- प्रकाशित करना (prakāśit karnā)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- प्रकाशन (prakāśan)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Hungarian kiad, megjelentet
- kiadto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- megjelentetto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publikálto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- közölto announce to the public
- közreadto announce to the public
- közzéteszto announce to the public
- nyilvánosságra hozto announce to the public
- nyilvánosság elé tárto announce to the public
- kiadto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- megjelentetto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Icelandic gefa út
- gefa útto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
Irish foilsigh
- foilsighto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
Italian pubblicare, rendere noto
- pubblicareto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- rendere nototo announce to the public
- divulgareto announce to the public
- pubblicareto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Japanese 出版する
- 出版する (shuppan suru)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Korean 출판하다, 공표하다
- 출판하다 (chulpanhada)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- 공표하다 (gongpyohada)to announce to the public
- 출판하다 (chulpanhada)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- 펴내다 (pyeonaeda)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Latin as "published by" sumptibus, condīcō
- as "published by" sumptibusto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- condīcōto announce to the public
- dīvulgōto announce to the public
- prōdōto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Māori whakaputa, pānui
- whakaputato issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- pānuito announce to the public
- pāhoto announce to the public
- pakito announce to the public
- whakaputato issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Norwegian gi ut
- gi utto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Norwegian Bokmål publisere
- publisereto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Polish wydawać, wydać
- wydawaćto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- wydaćto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publikowaćto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- opublikowaćto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Portuguese publicar, publicar
- publicarto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publicarto announce to the public
- anunciarto announce to the public
- publicarto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Russian публикова́ть, опубликова́ть
- публикова́ть (publikovátʹ)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- опубликова́ть (opublikovátʹ)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- изда́ть (izdátʹ)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- издава́ть (izdavátʹ)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- публикова́ть (publikovátʹ)to announce to the public
- опубликова́ть (opublikovátʹ)to announce to the public
- разглаша́ть (razglašátʹ)to announce to the public
- разгласи́ть (razglasítʹ)to announce to the public
- публикова́ть (publikovátʹ)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- опубликова́ть (opublikovátʹ)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Spanish publicar, publicar
- publicarto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publicarto announce to the public
- divulgarto announce to the public
- placearto announce to the public
- publicarto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Swedish offentliggöra, publicera
- offentliggörato issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- publicerato issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Thai ตีพิมพ์
- ตีพิมพ์ (dtii-pim)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Turkish yayımlamak, yayınlamak
- yayımlamakto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- yayınlamakto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- açıklamakto announce to the public
- basmakto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- çıkarmakto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- yayımlamakto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- yayınlamakto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Ukrainian видава́ти, ви́дати
- видава́ти (vydaváty)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- ви́дати (výdaty)to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- оприлю́днювати (opryljúdnjuvaty)to announce to the public
- оприлю́днити (opryljúdnyty)to announce to the public
- публікува́ти (publikuváty)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- опубліко́вувати (opublikóvuvaty)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- опублікува́ти (opublikuváty)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- оприлю́днювати (opryljúdnjuvaty)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
- оприлю́днити (opryljúdnyty)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Vietnamese xuất bản, công bố
- xuất bảnto issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
- công bốto announce to the public
- đăng(Internet) to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
- xuất bảnto issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Welsh cyhoeddi
- cyhoeddito issue a medium (e.g. publication)
Yiddish אַרויסגעבן
- אַרויסגעבן (aroysgebn)to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
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“publish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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