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publ

publ is the abbreviation of publication.

publ is the abbreviation of publisher.

Meaning of publication

Noun

publication (countable and uncountable, plural publications)

  1. The act of publishing printed or other matter.
    • The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.1727, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, “Preface”, in Miscellanies in Prose
  2. An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution.
  3. The communication of information to the general public etc.
    • His jealousy ... attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man.1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

Meaning of publisher

Noun

publisher (plural publishers)

  1. A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
    • All a publisher has to do is write cheques at intervals, while a lot of deserving and industrious chappies rally round and do the real work.1919, P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves
  2. A system or component that allows other components (subscribers) to receive notifications of something, such as an event.
  3. A preacher who is a Jehovah's Witness.

Questions about publ

What is publ the abbreviation of?
Publ is the abbreviation of publication.

Words near publ in the dictionary

  1. pubis
  2. pubkeeper
  3. pubkeepers
  4. pubkey
  5. pubkeys
  6. publ
  7. Publ'g
  8. Publ'n
  9. publ.
  10. publand
  11. publands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: publ (page history and authors); publication (page history and authors); publisher (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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