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publishing

Syllables: pub·lish·ing/ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/

publishing noun: the industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc. Also the present participle and gerund of publish.

Noun

publishing (countable and uncountable, plural publishings)

  1. The industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.
  2. Something published; a publication.
    • I read as much as I can: Journal of Singing, the Journal of Research in Singing, and the publishings of the Voice Foundation.2002, Elizabeth Blades-Zeller, A Spectrum of Voices

Also used as

publishing is also the present participle and gerund of publish.

publishing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

publishing in Hindi

the industry of publishing
प्रकाशन prakāśan

publishing in Tamil

பிரசுரித்தல்

publishing in Urdu

پبلشنگ

publishing in Telugu

పబ్లిషింగ్
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publishing in Tagalog
paglalathala

Examples of publishing in a sentence

  • In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
  • We will in due course state our reasons for publishing the name of the accused.
  • A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.

All 40 example sentences with publishing

Forms of publishing

pluralpublishings

Words formed from publishing

Phrases with publishing

Questions about publishing

What does publishing mean?
Publishing means the industry of publishing, including the production and distribution of books, magazines, web sites, newspapers, etc.
What is publishing in Hindi?
Publishing in Hindi is प्रकाशन (prakāśan). See Publishing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is publishing?
Publishing is a noun.
How do you pronounce publishing?
Publishing is pronounced /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/.
What is the plural of publishing?
The plural of publishing is publishings.

Words near publishing in the dictionary

  1. publishership
  2. publisherships
  3. publishes
  4. publishest
  5. publisheth
  6. publishing
  7. publishing house
  8. publishing houses
  9. publishings
  10. publishment
  11. publishments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: publishing (page history and authors); publishing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); publishing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); publishing (Telugu, 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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