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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pub•lish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/USA pronunciation v. - Printingto issue (newspapers, books, or otherwise reproduced text or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public: [~ + object]The company publishes books.[no object]The newspaper stopped publishing.
- Printing to issue publicly (the work of):[~ + object]They publish (the plays of) William Shakespeare.
pub•lish•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pub•lish (pub′lish),USA pronunciation v.t. - Printingto issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- Printingto issue publicly the work of:Random House publishes Faulkner.
- to announce formally or officially;
proclaim; promulgate. - to make publicly or generally known.
- Lawto communicate (a defamatory statement) to some person or persons other than the person defamed.
v.i. - Printingto issue newspapers, books, computer software, etc.;
engage in publishing:The new house will start to publish next month. - Printingto have one's work published:She has decided to publish with another house.
- Latin pūblicāre to make public
- Anglo-French *publiss-, long stem of *publir, for Middle French publier
- Middle English publisshen 1300–50
pub′lish•a•ble, adj. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disclose, reveal, declare. See announce.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged conceal.
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