publish

(pŭb'lĭsh)

v., -lished, -lish·ing, -lish·es.

v.tr.

1. To prepare and issue (printed material) for public distribution or sale.
2. To bring to the public attention; announce. See synonyms at announce.

v.intr.

1. To issue a publication.
2. To be the writer or author of published works or a work.

[Middle English publicen, publishen, to make known publicly, from alteration of Old French publier, from Latin pūblicāre. See publication.]

publishable pub'lish·a·ble adj.

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To disseminate information in a print or electronic format. After the final layout has been composed, print publishing involves printing the paper and binding the sheets into pamphlets or books. CD and DVD publishing requires converting final files to a master optical disc, which is converted to a metal master for pressing plastic media. Web publishing is all electronic. Final files are transmitted to the Web server or application server.

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verb

1. To present for circulation, exhibit, or sale: bring out, issue, put out. See words.
2. To be the author of (a published work or works): pen¹, write. See words.
3. To bring to public notice or make known publicly: advertise, announce, annunciate, broadcast, declare, proclaim, promulgate. See knowledge/ignorance, words.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To circulate, distribute, or print information for the public at large.

In libel and slander law, to utter to a third person or to make public a defamatory statement; in commercial paper law, to present an instrument for payment or declare or assert that a forged instrument is genuine.

The meaning of the term publish differs according to the context in which it is used. In its broadest sense, the term publishing describes the act of making something known to the general public. A publication can be accomplished by speaking in a public place, printing information on paper and distributing it on the street, buying or otherwise securing time on television, placing information in a circulated newspaper or magazine, or other similar methods.

Laws can mandate specific forms of publication of certain information. For example, a federal statute, 41 U.S.C.A. § 416 (1997), requires that administrative agencies under the executive branch publish a notice in the Commerce Business Daily before entering into a contract worth more than $25,000 with a private business. The notice must contain information that is relevant to the proposed job and give all qualified private businesses an opportunity to compete for the contract with the agency. An agency may use additional sources of publication, such as trade journals, magazines, newspapers of general circulation, and other mass communication media to advertise its intention to enter into a contract with a private business.

Publication of information is required by law in other areas as well. State laws require a mortgagee who has foreclosed a mortgage on real property to publish a notice in a local newspaper before conducting a sale of the property. Both state and federal laws require administrative agencies to publish notices of public hearings that will be held by the agencies. Before taking action that affects legal rights, administrative agencies hold public hearings to give members of the public an opportunity to be heard.

In libel law, a defamatory statement can give rise to civil liability if the statement is made public. To be libelous, a statement must appear in print, in a picture, or in a sign. To be considered published, the statement must be received by at least one other person apart from the speaker and the defamed person. In the law of slander, the term publish refers to defamatory statements that are spoken in the presence of at least one other person. A transitory, humiliating gesture that is defamatory also constitutes slander if it is published, or understood, by a third party.

The term publish has another meaning in the law of commercial paper. Commercial paper law relates to negotiable instruments such as bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank checks, and similar documents. In the law of commercial paper, publishing occurs when a check or other negotiable instrument is presented. Publication also occurs when a person vouches that a forged instrument is in fact genuine. By publishing a negotiable instrument, the publisher declares that the instrument is valid.

See: defamation.

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n.

In literary affairs, to become the fundamental element in a cone of critics.

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IN BRIEF: To make known. Also: To print the writing of.

The writer's goal was to publish one good novel.

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For a list of words related to publishing, see:

• Publishing - publishing: business and practice of reproducing and issuing for sale books or periodicals

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - meddele, offentliggøre, udbrede, udgive
v. intr. - blive offentliggjort

Nederlands (Dutch)
publiceren, uitgeven, bekendmaken

Français (French)
v. tr. - publier (un livre, etc), éditer, publier (des recherches)
v. intr. - faire une publication ou des publications (universitaire)

Deutsch (German)
v. - publizieren, veröffentlichen, verlegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δημοσιεύω, εκδίδω (έντυπο), αναγγέλλω, δημοσιεύω

Italiano (Italian)
annunciare, pubblicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - publicar

Русский (Russian)
публиковать, оглашать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - anunciar, dar a conocer, publicar, editar
v. intr. - hacer un anuncio o una publicación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ge ut, förlägga, offentliggöra, utfärda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
出版, 公开, 发行, 发表作品

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 出版, 公開, 發行
v. intr. - 出版, 發行, 發表作品

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 발표[공포] 하다, (약혼 등을) 발표하다
v. intr. - 발행하다, 출판사업을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 出版する, 発行する, 発表する, 披露する, 公布する, 表示する, 著作を発表する, 刊行する, 公表する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينشر, يصدر, يعلن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פרסם, הוציא לאור, הודיע על צו רשמי או על נישואים‬
v. intr. - ‮עסק בהוצאה לאור, הוצאה לאור (יצירה)‬

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