publish

[ puhb-lish ]

verb (used with object)

1. to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
2. to issue publicly the work of:

   Random House publishes Faulkner.

3. to submit (content) online, as to a message board or blog:

   I published a comment on her blog post with examples from my own life.

   They publish a new webcomic once a month.

4. to announce formally or officially; proclaim; promulgate.

   Synonyms: declare, reveal, disclose

   Antonyms: conceal

5. to make publicly or generally known.
6. Law. to communicate (a defamatory statement) to some person or persons other than the person defamed.

verb (used without object)

1. to issue newspapers, books, computer software, etc.; engage in publishing:

   The new house will start to publish next month.

2. to have one's work published:

   She has decided to publish with another house.

publish

/ ˈpʌblɪʃ /

verb

1. to produce and issue (printed or electronic matter) for distribution and sale
2. intr to have one's written work issued for publication
3. tr to announce formally or in public
4. tr to communicate (defamatory matter) to someone other than the person defamed

   to publish a libel

Derived Forms

• ˈpublishable, adjective
• ˈpublishing, noun

Other Words From

• publish·a·ble adjective
• mis·published adjective
• non·publish·a·ble adjective
• un·publish·a·ble adjective
• un·published adjective
• well-published adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of publish¹

1300–50; Middle English publisshen < Anglo-French *publiss-, long stem of *publir, for Middle French publier < Latin pūblicāre to make public

Word History and Origins

Origin of publish¹

C14: from Old French puplier, from Latin pūblicāre to make public

Synonym Study

See announce.

Example Sentences

The study, published Wednesday in the journal Clinical Ophthalmology, is among the first to look into how climate change may affect the eyes.

From Science Daily

And Scottish Tory finance spokesman Craig Hoy said his party had made "the very reasonable ask" of the Scottish government for minutes of the meetings held at the matches to be published.

From BBC

The independent report published last week found inaction from the Church was a "missed opportunity" to bring Smyth to justice before his death in 2018.

From BBC

He did not respond to a request to comment before this story was published.

From Salon

He assembled Voices from the Plain of Jars, a book with the subtitle “Life Under an Air War,” published in 1972.

From Salon

Related Words

• announce
• broadcast
• circulate
• declare
• disclose
• distribute
• print
• produce
• promulgate
• publicize
• put out
• report