# publishing

Pronunciation: US say "PUB-li-shing" /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/; UK

## Noun

1. The industry that produces and distributes books, magazines, newspapers, websites, and similar works.
   - Simple: The business of making and selling books, magazines, newspapers, and websites.
   - _After graduating, she found work in publishing and never looked back._
   - _The rise of e-books reshaped publishing across the entire world._
3. A work that has been issued for public circulation; a publication.
   - Simple: Something that has been printed or put out for people to read.
   - _The archive holds every publishing the institute released last century._
   - _That publishing reached thousands of readers within its first week._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of publish. — present participle and gerund of publish
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of publish. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.
   - _The university is publishing the findings in a peer-reviewed journal._
   - _He keeps publishing essays even after retiring from teaching._

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