Past tense of publish
regular verb
The past tense of publish is published. The past participle is also published.
Forms of publish
| Base form (V1) | publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | published /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | published /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ |
| Present participle | publishing /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | publishes |
Published in a sentence
- The Times published the investigative piece about the governor both in print and online.
- Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
- He published an open letter to the governor on a full page of The New York Times.From the entry open
- This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.From the entry translation
- I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.From the entry hack
Meaning of publish
- verb To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
- verb To announce to the public.
- verb To issue the work of (an author).
Questions about the past tense of publish
- What is the past tense of publish?
- The past tense of publish is published.
- What is the past participle of publish?
- The past participle of publish is published.
- Is publish a regular or irregular verb?
- Publish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: publish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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