publish
verb OPAL S
/ˈpʌblɪʃ/
/ˈpʌblɪʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they publish | /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it publishes | /ˈpʌblɪʃɪz/ /ˈpʌblɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple published | /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ |
| past participle published | /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ /ˈpʌblɪʃt/ |
| -ing form publishing | /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] publish something to produce a book, magazine, CD-ROM, etc. and sell it to the public
- to publish a book/novel/magazine/paper
- The first edition was published in 2007.
- He works for a company that publishes reference books.
- Most of our titles are also published on CD-ROM.
- The book was first published in 1960.
- This essay was originally published in German.
- Many plays were published anonymously.
Wordfinder- biography
- blockbuster
- book
- character
- editor
- narrator
- novel
- plot
- publish
- title
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writinga2- Her books have never been widely published in the US.
- Her last book was published posthumously in 1948.
- a newly published series of essays
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- recently
- originally
- previously
- …
- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- newly published
- [transitive] to print a letter, an article, etc. in a newspaper or magazine
- publish something to publish a story/letter/comment/review
- to publish an article/interview
- publish something in something Pictures of the suspect were published in all the daily papers.
- The editors published a full apology in the following edition.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- recently
- originally
- previously
- …
- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- newly published
- [transitive] publish something to make information available to the public synonym release
- to publish work/research/results
- The findings of the committee will be published on Friday.
- The study was published online.
- publish something on something according to the information published on their website
- The report will be published on the internet.
- The team's report will be published in the journal on 18 August.
- This data set is based on a previously published report.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- recently
- originally
- previously
- …
- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- newly published
- [transitive, intransitive] (of an author) to have your work printed and sold to the public
- University teachers are under pressure to publish.
- publish on something He has published extensively on medieval education.
- publish something She hasn't published anything for years.
- She has recently published her memoirs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- recently
- originally
- previously
- …
- decide to
- intend to
- plan to
- …
- newly published
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘make generally known’): from the stem of Old French puplier, from Latin publicare ‘make public’, from publicus, blend of poplicus ‘of the people’ (from populus ‘people’) and pubes ‘adult’.