publication
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (4)
- a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
- the act of issuing printed materialsSynonyms: issue
- the communication of something to the public; making information generally known
- the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distributionSynonyms: publishing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution. [1913 Webster]
The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.— Swift.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
4.An act done in public. [R. & Obs.] [1913 Webster]
His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]