PUBLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does publication mean? 

• PUBLICATION (noun)
  The noun PUBLICATION has 4 senses:

1. a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

2. the act of issuing printed materials

3. the communication of something to the public; making information generally known

4. the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

  Familiarity information: PUBLICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A copy of a printed work offered for distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):

piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)

Meronyms (parts of "publication"):

contents; table of contents (a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start)

text; textual matter (the words of something written)

cartoon; sketch (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)

art; artwork; graphics; nontextual matter (photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication)

facing pages; spread; spread head; spreadhead (two facing pages of a book or other publication)

format (the general appearance of a publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "publication"):

reissue; reprint; reprinting (a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale)

new edition (a publication (such as a book) that has been modified or updated and offered again for sale)

book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))

volume (a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications)

read (something that is read)

impression; printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time)

collection; compendium (a publication containing a variety of works)

periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)

mag; magazine (a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it)

tip sheet (a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc.)

reference; source (a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to)

republication (something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work))

Derivation:

publish (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)

publish (have (one's work) issued for publication)

publish (put into print)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of issuing printed materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

issue; publication

Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):

printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)

Derivation:

publish (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)

publish (put into print)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The communication of something to the public; making information generally known

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):

communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

publication; publishing

Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Domain member category:

headline (provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline)

index (provide with an index)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "publication"):

desktop publishing ((computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials)

republication; republishing (the act of publishing again)

contribution (a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story)

serialisation; serialization (publication in serial form)

Derivation:

publish (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)

publish (put into print)

 Context examples 

After several refusals, Singletree, Darnley & Co. accepted it, promising fall publication.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You may be finishing a manuscript for publication or wrapping up a show you produced for television.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Perhaps he desires the publication of the letter.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lady Russell quite bores one with her new publications.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

THIS little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Research, publications, mentoring, and continuing professional development are expected skill sets.

(Diabetes Management Nurse Specialist, NCI Thesaurus)

A publication that contains original articles that have been written by scientists and evaluated for technical and scientific quality and correctness by other experts in the same field.

(Peer-reviewed scientific journal, NCI Dictionary)

But I got nothing out of him—nothing for publication.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This publication was funded by the National Institutes of Health through the National Institute on Aging (Cooperative Agreement U01 AG016976).

(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Indicates a biomedical image that is of best quality, most adequate for diagnostic purposes or for publication.

(Exemplary Quality, NCI Thesaurus)