PUBLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does publish mean? 

• PUBLISH (verb)
  The verb PUBLISH has 3 senses:

1. put into print

2. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

3. have (one's work) issued for publication

  Familiarity information: PUBLISH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLISH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they publish    ... he / she / it publishes   
Past simple: published   
Past participle: published   
-ing form: publishing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into print

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

print; publish

Context example:

These news should not be printed

Hypernyms (to "publish" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "publish"):

republish (publish again)

gazette (publish in a gazette)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't publish the story

Derivation:

publication (the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution)

publication (the act of issuing printed materials)

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)

publisher (a firm in the publishing business)

publisher (a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music)

publisher (the proprietor of a newspaper)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bring out; issue; publish; put out; release

Context example:

publish a magazine or newspaper

Hypernyms (to "publish" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "publish"):

edit (supervise the publication of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't publish the story

Derivation:

publication (the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution)

publication (the act of issuing printed materials)

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)

publisher (a firm in the publishing business)

publisher (a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music)

publisher (the proprietor of a newspaper)

publishing (the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have (one's work) issued for publication

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

Mozart didn't publish all of his works

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he publish his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)

 Context examples 

He would wait till some were published, he decided, then she would understand what he had been working for.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Created and published by the ADC Clinical Task Force.

(Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

If you say that you have never written a book, you may sell an idea this month or within weeks (or if you were working on a book, see it published this month).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Publishes the American Journal of Public Health.

(American Public Health Association, NCI Thesaurus)

Publishes JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

(American Medical Association, NCI Thesaurus)

The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.

(Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

As new information becomes available subsequent editions are published.

(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

The identifier assigned to a product, usually in the list of products published by a reseller or manufacturer.

(Catalog Number, NCI Thesaurus)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes a schedule for childhood vaccines.

(Childhood Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Why should anyone desire to steal it or to publish it?

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