publication
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Noun (4)publications
- a copy of a printed work offered for distributionType of work, piece of workKinds book, magazine, volume, periodical, reissue, new edition, collection, reference, impression, republication +2 moreParts text, artwork, cartoon, spread, format, contents
- the act of issuing printed materialsSynonyms: issueType of printing
- the communication of something to the public; making information generally knownType of communication
- the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distributionSynonyms: publishingType of commercial enterprise, business enterpriseKinds desktop publishing, serialization, contribution, republication
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Translations
Noun an issue of printed or other matter
- Spanish
- publicación
- French
- publication
- German
- Publikation
- Italian
- pubblicazione
- Portuguese
- publicação
- Russian
- публика́ция publikácija
- Arabic
- مَنْشُور manšūr
- Chinese
- 出版物 chūbǎnwù
- Japanese
- 出版物 shuppanbutsu
- Dutch
- publicatie
18 more languages
- Polish
- publikacja
- Swedish
- publikation
- Greek
- έκδοση ékdosi
- Korean
- 출판물 chulpanmul
- Indonesian
- terbitan
- Hungarian
- kiadvány
- Portuguese (PT)
- publicação
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 出版物 chūbǎnwù
- Catalan
- publicació
- Czech
- publikace
- Danish
- publikation
- Esperanto
- publikigo
- Finnish
- julkaisu
- Georgian
- პუბლიკაცია ṗubliḳacia
- Lithuanian
- leidinys
- Norwegian
- publikasjon
- Romanian
- publicație
- Scottish Gaelic
- foillseachadh
Noun act of publishing
- Spanish
- publicación
- French
- publication
- German
- Veröffentlichung
- Italian
- pubblicazione
- Portuguese
- publicação
- Russian
- публика́ция publikácija
- Japanese
- 出版 shuppan
- Dutch
- publicatie
- Polish
- publikacja
- Swedish
- publicering
10 more languages
- Korean
- 출판 chulpan
- Hungarian
- kiadás
- Portuguese (PT)
- publicação
- Catalan
- publicació
- Czech
- publikování
- Esperanto
- publikigo
- Finnish
- julkistus
- Georgian
- გამოცემა gamotsema
- Romanian
- publicare
- Scottish Gaelic
- foillseachadh
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. publicatio confiscation: cf. F. publication. See Publish.
1. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.
2. The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution.
The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.— Jonathan Swift
3. That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication.
4. An act done in public. rare & obsolete
His jealousy... attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man.— Taylor, Jeremy
Publication of a libel Law, such an exhibition of a libel as brings it to the notice of at least one person other than the person libeled. — Publication of a will Law, the delivery of a will, as his own, by a testator to witnesses who attest it.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54