Dictionary

publish en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʌblɪʃ/
• /ˈpʊblɪʃ/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• (US) audio
• pŭb'lĭsh

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
   • 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:
   • The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.
   • The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot.
   • Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
2. (transitive) To announce to the public.
   • The Secretary of Health and Human Services published a press release on May 22, 2013.
   • The Bolshevik government published an announcement of the tsar's death.
   • No newspaper published the victim's name.
3. (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).
   • Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.
4. (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
5. (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
   • Major city papers still publish daily.
6. (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.
   • She needs to publish in order to get tenure.
7. (intransitive, of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
   • The article first published online, then in print the next day.
8. To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
9. To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).

Forms

Antonyms

private (To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified)

Deriveds

publishee · unpublished · publisher · prepublish · simulpub · self-publish · overpublish · nonpublishing · depublish · privish · telepublish · unpublish · republish · publish or perish · outpublish · pulled-to-publish · mispublish · publishability · e-publish · pull to publish · micropublish · publishment · publishable · weblish · copublish

Relateds

publication · publicity · republic · publicize · publican · public · publicist

Synonyms

post · make known · disclose (to announce to the public)

Translations (156)

vi đăng ((Internet) to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.) · de publizieren (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · de veröffentlichen (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · it pubblicare (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · de veröffentlichen (to announce to the public) · be апублікава́ць (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · vi xuất bản (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · bg разглася́ (to announce to the public) · tr basmak (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · el εκδίδω (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ko 공표하다 (to announce to the public) · nl publiceren (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · es placear (to announce to the public) · nrf publier (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · fr éditer (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hu nyilvánosságra hoz (to announce to the public) · tr yayımlamak (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · et levitama (to announce to the public) · ia publicar (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · oc publicar (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · yi אַרויסגעבן (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · la dīvulgō (to announce to the public) · pt publicar (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hy հրապարակել (to announce to the public) · ko 출판하다 (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · bg разглася́вам (to announce to the public) · is gefa út (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · es divulgar (to announce to the public) · pl publikować (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · hi प्रकाशित करना (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · cs vydat (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · el εκδίδω (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ru публикова́ть (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · it divulgare (to announce to the public) · gl publicar (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · sv offentliggöra (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · et kirjastama (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · la condīcō (to announce to the public) · km បោះពុម្ព (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ko 출판하다 (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · la as "published by" sumptibus (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hu nyilvánosság elé tár (to announce to the public) · pl wydawać (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · bg публику́вам (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · th ตีพิมพ์ (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · cmn 出版 (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · zza veten (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ca publicar (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · tr çıkarmak (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · hu publikál (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · pl wydać (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · es publicar (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · gl publicar (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ca publicar (to announce to the public) · hi प्रकाशन (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · fr publier (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · uk видава́ти (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · la prōdō (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · cs vydat (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · zza neşırnayen (to announce to the public) · tr yayınlamak (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · hu közread (to announce to the public) · ru издава́ть (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · mi whakaputa (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · pl opublikować (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · vi công bố (to announce to the public) · ru разгласи́ть (to announce to the public) · el δημοσιεύω (to announce to the public) · zza neşr kerden (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · es publicar (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · be публікава́ць (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · eo eldoni (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ar نَشَرَ (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · uk опублікува́ти (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · cs publikovat (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · pt anunciar (to announce to the public) · de veröffentlichen (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · mi pānui (to announce to the public) · be выда́ць (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · it pubblicare (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · de herausgeben (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · tr yayınlamak (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ko 펴내다 (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · be выдава́ць (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · zza hesırnayen (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · oc publicar (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · sh objavljivati (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · mi pāho (to announce to the public) · tr yayımlamak (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ka გამოქვეყნება (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · el ανακοινώνω (to announce to the public) · ru опубликова́ть (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · no gi ut (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ru публикова́ть (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · fi kustantaa (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ja 出版する (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ru опубликова́ть (to announce to the public) · ga foilsigh (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · cs vydávat (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · hu közöl (to announce to the public) · sh objaviti (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ru разглаша́ть (to announce to the public) · uk публікува́ти (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · fi julkaista ((Internet) to disseminate publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.) · fi kustantaa (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · uk оприлю́днити (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · tr açıklamak (to announce to the public) · bg изда́м (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ka გამოცემა (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · nb publisere (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ka გამოცემა (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · cy cyhoeddi (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · hi प्रकाशित करना (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ru изда́ть (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · zza hesrayen (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · mi paki (to announce to the public) · uk оприлю́днювати (to announce to the public) · es publicar (to announce to the public) · sv publicera (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · nl uitgeven (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ru публикова́ть (to announce to the public) · uk оприлю́днити (to announce to the public) · hy հրատարակել (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · vi xuất bản (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hu kiad (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · mi whakaputa (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · fi julkaista (to announce to the public) · pt publicar (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · uk ви́дати (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · za cuzbanj (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · da publicere (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ar أَصْدَرَ (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hi प्रकाशन (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hu közzétesz (to announce to the public) · it rendere noto (to announce to the public) · pt publicar (to announce to the public) · fr publier (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · da udgive (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · bg изда́вам (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ka გამოშვება (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ca publicar (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · mt ppubblika; tebagħ; ħareġ (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · de herausgeben (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · ka გამოქვეყნება (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · hu kiad (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hy հրատարակել (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ckb چاپکردن (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · hu megjelentet (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · hu megjelentet (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · fi julkaista (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · uk опубліко́вувати (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · ru опубликова́ть (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · uk оприлю́днювати (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) · eo publikigi (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) · da offentliggøre (to announce to the public) · ka გამოშვება (to issue a medium (e.g. publication))