1 [VN] to produce a book, magazine, CD-ROM, etc. and sell it to the public:
The first edition was published in 1998. * He works for a company that publishes reference books. * Most of our titles are also published on CD-ROM.
2 [VN] to print a letter, an article, etc. in a newspaper or magazine:
Pictures of the suspect were published in all the daily papers. * The editors published a full apology in the following edition.
3 [VN] to make sth available to the public on the Internet:
The report will be published on the Internet.
4 (of an author) to have your work printed and sold to the public:
[VN] She hasn't published anything for years. * [V] University teachers are under pressure to publish.
5 [VN] (formal) to make official information known to the public
SYNRELEASE:
The findings of the committee will be published on Friday.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for publish is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is publish a noun, verb, or something else?
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