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publicising

publicising is the present participle and gerund of publicise.

Meaning of publicise

Verb

publicise (third-person singular simple present publicises, present participle publicising, simple past and past participle publicised)

  1. (UK, transitive) To make widely known to the public.
    • The scandal was so publicised that he lost the next election.
  2. (UK, transitive) To advertise, create publicity for.
    • They're already publicising next month's concert.

Questions about publicising

What is publicising the present participle and gerund of?
Publicising is the present participle and gerund of publicise.

Words near publicising in the dictionary

  1. publications
  2. publichearted
  3. publicise
  4. publicised
  5. publicises
  6. publicising
  7. publicism
  8. publicist
  9. publicists
  10. publicities
  11. publicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: publicising (page history and authors); publicise (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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