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unpublish en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + publish.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove (something previously published) from circulation; to retract.
    • To unpublish a calendar: 1. In the Applications folder, double-click the iCal icon to open the application. The main iCal window opens; in the Calendars section on the left, published calendars have a small mark to the right of their names […] 2005, David Reynolds, Mac, page 178:
    • Burns' political sentiments were already clearly delineated in 'A Dream' and no amount of etiquette could unpublish that poem. 2011, Patrick Scott Hogg, Robert Burns: The Patriot Bard:
    • Yes. We have a strict policy on unpublishing: We don’t. 2013 January 16, Margaret Sullivan, “Make No Mistake, but if You Do, Here’s How to Correct It”, in The New York Times:
    • You unpublish a category to hide it from display on the front end of the website. 2013, Ric Shreves, Joomla! Bible, page 342:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unpublishes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unpublishing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unpublished Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unpublished Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

unpublication

Translations (2)

es despublicar (Translations) · fr dépublier (Translations)