# publish

Pronunciation: say "PUB-lish" /ˈpʌblɪʃ/

## Verb

1. To prepare and issue a book, newspaper, magazine, recording, or other work, or the work of an author, for people to buy or read.
   - Simple: To print or put out a book, magazine, or other work so that people can buy or read it.
   - _A small press agreed to publish his first novel._
   - _A small press published her first novel, and a larger house bought the paperback rights a year later._
2. To appear or become available in a printed publication or other medium.
   - Simple: To appear in print or online so that people can read or see it.
   - _The interview will publish at the same time in three countries._
   - _Her review of the new opera publishes Sunday on the paper's website and in print on Monday._
3. To have one's work accepted and appear in a publication.
   - Simple: To have your work accepted and appear in a book, magazine, journal, or online publication.
   - _Researchers must publish regularly to keep their positions._
   - _He published widely throughout his academic career._
4. To post a message publicly on a blog, forum, or similar online medium.
   - Simple: To post a message on a website, blog, or online group so others can see it.
   - _She published a detailed thread on the forum overnight._
   - _Users can publish updates directly to their followers._
5. To make something known by announcing it to the public.
   - Simple: To tell something to the public so that everyone can know it.
   - _They will publish the names of the winners tomorrow._
   - _As the custom required, the priest published the banns on three Sundays before the wedding, giving anyone with an objection time to speak up._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To make information, such as an event, available to software components that have subscribed to receive it.
- (verb) To preach and share religious teachings publicly, as practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses.

## Origin

From Middle English 'publicen' (its ending later reshaped by analogy with words like 'banish' and 'finish'), from Old French 'publier', from Latin 'publicare' ('to make public, make known, declare', and earlier 'to confiscate for public use'), from 'publicus' ('pertaining to the people, public').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/publish (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).