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self-publish

self-publish verb: to publish a work independently, without the assistance of a publishing company.

Verb

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

  1. To publish a work independently, without the assistance of a publishing company.

Antonyms of self-publish

Forms of self-publish

third-person singular presentself-publishes
present participleself-publishing
past participleself-published
pastself-published
alternative formself-pub
alternative formselfpub

Origin of self-publish

From self- + publish.

Questions about self-publish

What does self-publish mean?
Self-publish means to publish a work independently, without the assistance of a publishing company.
What part of speech is self-publish?
Self-publish is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-publish?
The past tense of self-publish is self-published.

Words near self-publish in the dictionary

  1. self-protective
  2. self-pruning
  3. self-pub
  4. self-pubbed
  5. self-pubbing
  6. self-publish
  7. self-published
  8. self-publisher
  9. self-publishers
  10. self-publishes
  11. self-publishing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-publish (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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