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publish

Syllables: pub·lish/ˈpʌblɪʃ/

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Ireland/ˈpʊblɪʃ/

publish verb: to issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

Verb

publish (third-person singular simple present publishes, present participle publishing, simple past and past participle published)

  1. (transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
    • 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.
  2. (transitive) To announce to the public.
    • The Secretary of Health and Human Services published a press release on May 22, 2013.
    • The Bolshevik government published an announcement of the tsar's death.
    Synonyms:
    disclose
  3. (transitive) To issue the work of (an author).
    • Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.
  4. (Internet, transitive) To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
  5. (intransitive) To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
    • Major city papers still publish daily.
  6. (intransitive) To have one's work accepted for a publication.
    • She needs to publish in order to get tenure.
  7. (intransitive) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
    • The article first published online, then in print the next day.
  8. To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
  9. To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).

publish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

publish in Hindi

to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution
प्रकाशित करना prakāśit karnā, प्रकाशन prakāśan
to issue a medium (e.g. publication)
प्रकाशित करना prakāśit karnā, प्रकाशन prakāśan

publish in Tamil

பதிப்பிடு, பிரசுரி, வெளியிடு

publish in Marathi

प्रकाशित करणे

publish in Urdu

نشر کرنا, نکالنا, پھیلانا, شائع کرنا, ظاہر کرنا
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publish in Bengali
প্রকাশ করা, প্রকাশিত করা, প্রচার করা, বাহির করা
publish in Telugu
ప్రకటించు prakaṭiñcu, ప్రకటనచేయు prakaṭanacēyu
publish in Malayalam
പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുക
publish in Kannada
ಸಾರು, ಹುಲುಬು, ಬಯಲು ಮಾಡು, ಹೊರಪಡು
publish in Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਤ ਕਰਨਾ, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰੋ
publish in Gujarati
પ્રકાશિત કરો
publish in Odia
ଉଠାଇବା uṭhāibā, ଦେଖାଇବା dekhāibā
publish in Assamese
উলিয়া ulia
publish in Nepali
प्रकाशन गर्ने, प्रकाशित गर्ने
publish in Arabic
نَشَرَ našara, أَصْدَرَ ʔaṣdara
publish in Thai
ตีพิมพ์ dtii-pim
publish in Vietnamese
xuất bản, công bố, đăng

Examples of publish in a sentence

  • The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot.
  • No newspaper published the victim's name.
  • In an article published in 2008 [Gérard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion.2013 August 16, David Larousserie, “Super-lasers blaze knowledge frontier”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 35:

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Synonyms of publish

Antonyms

Forms of publish

third-person singular presentpublishes
present participlepublishing
past participlepublished
pastpublished
second-person singular present (archaic)publishest
second-person singular past (archaic)publishedst
third-person singular present (archaic)publisheth

Past tense of publish: published

Origin of publish

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.

Words formed from publish

Phrases with publish

Questions about publish

What does publish mean?
Publish means to issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
What is publish in Hindi?
Publish in Hindi is प्रकाशित करना (prakāśit karnā), प्रकाशन (prakāśan). See Publish meaning in Hindi.
How do you use publish in a sentence?
The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot.
What part of speech is publish?
Publish is a verb.
How do you pronounce publish?
Publish is pronounced /ˈpʌblɪʃ/.
What is the past tense of publish?
The past tense of publish is published.

Words near publish in the dictionary

  1. publike
  2. Publilian
  3. publique
  4. publiquely
  5. publiques
  6. publish
  7. publish or perish
  8. publishability
  9. publishable
  10. publishably
  11. published

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: publish (page history and authors); publish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publish (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); publish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ప్రకటనచేయు (Telugu) (page history and authors); publish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publish (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); publish (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଉଠାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors); উলিয়া (Assamese) (page history and authors); publish (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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