published
- 1A form of publish, as in "they published it last year" or "it will be published next year".
The school published the test results yesterday afternoon.
Her first story was published when she was only twelve.
UsageYou can say someone has published a lot.
- 2Made available to the public to buy or read.
After years of writing, she finally held her first published book.
Her published poems fill one thin book, but she wrote hundreds more.
UsageSay a published book.
Similarprinted
Oppositeunpublished, unreleased
- 3Having had your work put out for the public to buy or read.
She is a published author with three novels already out.
He finally became a published writer last year.
UsageSay a published author.
Oppositeunpublished
Note
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published is a form of publish
publish, verb: To print or put out a book, magazine, or other work so that people can buy or read it. Full entry
- Forms
- publishpublishes he/she/itpublishing -ing formpublished past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- publish → published: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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