Publish
Pronunciation
- enPR: pÅb'lÄsh, IPA: /ˈpÊŒblɪʃ/
Origin
Middle English publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare ("to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use"), from publicus ("pertaining to the people, public"); see public.
Full definition of publish
Verb
- (intransitive): To issue a medium (e.g. publication).
- 2013-08-16, David Larousserie, Super-lasers blaze knowledge frontier, In an article published in 2008 Gérard Mourou proposed an alternative means of achieving atomic fusion. He now believes that fibre lasers could be used to transmute elements, as a way of disposing of highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations.
- (transitive): To issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution.
- (transitive): To announce to the public.
- (Internet, intransitive) To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.
- (intransitive): To write in a publication (usually as an academic).