Dictionary entry details
• PUBLICATION (noun)
Meaning:
A copy of a printed work offered for distribution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Meronyms (parts of "publication"):
cartoon; sketch (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)
contents; table of contents (a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start)
text; textual matter (the words of something written)
facing pages; spread; spread head; spreadhead (two facing pages of a book or other publication)
format (the general appearance of a publication)
art; artwork; graphics; nontextual matter (photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "publication"):
reference; source (a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to)
tip sheet (a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc.)
mag; magazine (a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it)
periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)
collection; compendium (a publication containing a variety of works)
impression; printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time)
read (something that is read)
volume (a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications)
book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))
new edition (a publication (such as a book) that has been modified or updated and offered again for sale)
reissue; reprint; reprinting (a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale)
republication (something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work))
Meaning:
The act of issuing printed materials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
publication; issue
Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):
printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)
Meaning:
The communication of something to the public; making information generally known
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Meaning:
The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
publishing; publication
Hypernyms ("publication" is a kind of...):
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Domain member category:
headline (provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline)
index (provide with an index)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "publication"):
desktop publishing ((computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials)
republication; republishing (the act of publishing again)
contribution (a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story)
serialisation; serialization (publication in serial form)
