PUBLISH
Dictionary entry overview: What does publish mean?
• PUBLISH (verb)
The verb PUBLISH has 3 senses:
1. put into print
2. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
3. have (one's written work) issued for publication
Familiarity information: PUBLISH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PUBLISH (verb)
Meaning:
Put into print
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
print; publish
Context examples:
The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce / These news should not be printed
Hypernyms (to "publish" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "publish"):
republish (publish again)
gazette (publish in a gazette)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They won't publish the story
Meaning:
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
issue; publish; bring out; release; put out
Context example:
publish a magazine or newspaper
Hypernyms (to "publish" is one way to...):
air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "publish"):
edit (supervise the publication of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They won't publish the story
Meaning:
Have (one's written work) issued for publication
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
publish; write
Context examples:
How many books did Georges Simenon write? / She published 25 books during her long career
Hypernyms (to "publish" is one way to...):
create verbally (create with or from words)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he publish his major works over a short period of time?
