publish
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
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Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: publishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: publishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: published
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: published
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: publish
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: publish
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: published
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: publish
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: publishest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: published
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: publishedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: publishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: publisheth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: published
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: publish
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: published
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: publish
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: published
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: publish
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: publishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: published
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
The State combined public information strategies and published billboards, pamphlets, and newsletter articles under the campaign theme, Give 'Em the Boot.
In an article published in 2008 [Gérard] Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.
gloss: To announce to the public.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
No newspaper published the victim's name.
gloss: To issue the work of (an author).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Grove Press published many avant-garde authors.
gloss: To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
transitive
gloss: To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Major city papers still publish daily.
gloss: To have one's work accepted for a publication.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She needs to publish in order to get tenure.
gloss: To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The article first published online, then in print the next day.
gloss: To make (information such as an event) available to components that wish to be notified (subscribers).
pos: verb
gloss: To preach (as a Jehovah's Witness).
pos: verb
Synonyms: make known
post
Antonyms: private
Related words: public
publican
publication
publicist
publicity
publicize
republic
Derived words: copublish
depublish
e-publish
micropublish
mispublish
nonpublishing
outpublish
overpublish
prepublish
privish
publishability
publishable
publishee
publisher
publishment
publish or perish
pulled-to-publish
pull to publish
republish
self-publish
simulpub
telepublish
unpublish
unpublished
weblish
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