## Meanings
1. To print a book, magazine, or article and make it available to people.
2. To have your written work printed and made available.
3. To announce or make information known to the public.

## Examples
- The company publishes several popular magazines.
- She has published a book and three stories this year.
- The government published the new health guidelines on its website.

## Synonyms
- post

## Antonyms
- private

## Derived Forms
- copublish
- depublish
- e-publish
- micropublish
- mispublish
- nonpublishing
- outpublish
- overpublish
- prepublish
- privish
- publishability
- publishable

## Related Forms
- public
- publican
- publication
- publicist
- publicity
- publicize
- republic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: publicen
- Root: publier
- Root: publicare

## Etymology
From 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.

## AI Etymology
Publish comes from 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. In present-day English it covers to print a book, magazine, or article and make it available to people, to have your written work printed and made available, and to announce or make information known to the public. The wider family includes derived forms such as copublish, depublish, e-publish, micropublish, mispublish and related forms such as public, publican, publication, publicist.

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- Media & Publishing

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