Definition of PUBLISH

publish

Verb

Verb Forms: published, publishing, publishes

  • To print and issue material to the public.
  • put into print
    • "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"
  • prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
    • "publish a magazine or newspaper"
  • have (one's written work) issued for publication
    • "She published 25 books during her long career"
  • To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
  • To announce to the public.
  • To issue the work of (an author).
  • To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
  • To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
  • To have one's work accepted for a publication.
  • To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
  • To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
  • To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).

Examples

  • Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.
  • He vowed to PUBLISH his ultimate Scrabble strategy guide after winning the championship.
  • Major city papers still publish daily.
  • Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
  • No newspaper published the victim's name.
  • She needs to publish in order to get tenure.
  • The article first published online, then in print the next day.
  • The Bolshevik government published an announcement of the tsar's death.
  • The Secretary of Health and Human Services published a press release on May 22, 2013.
  • The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot.
  • The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

bring out, issue, print, put out, release, write, disclose, make known, post

Antonyms

private

Scrabble Score: 14

publish: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
publish: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
publish: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

publish: valid Words With Friends Word