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publication

[puhb-li-key-shuhn]

noun

  1. the act of publishing publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.

  2. the act of bringing before the public; announcement.

  3. the state or fact of being published.

  4. something that is published, especially a periodical.



publication

/ ˌʌɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act or process of publishing a printed work

  2. any printed work offered for sale or distribution

  3. the act or an instance of making information public

  4. the act of disseminating defamatory matter, esp by communicating it to a third person See libel slander

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonpublication noun
  • propublication adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of publication1

1350–1400; Middle English publicacioun < Latin ūپō- (stem of ūپō ) a making public, confiscation, equivalent to ū ( us ) (past participle of ū to make public ) + -ō- -ion
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of publication1

C14: via Old French from Latin ūپō confiscation of an individual's property, from ū to seize and assign to public use
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Even Dickinson’s dashes were erased from early publications of her work by editors who assumed readers would find them confusing.

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Twenty-five years after publication, the Jewish World Congress discovered this passage and, eventually, located gold valued at £1bn.

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Felsenthal is a fiction writer, poet, critic and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Guardian, the Atlantic and other publications.

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Kenya's independent police oversight body has launched an investigation into the death of a man who had been detained "for false publication", police have said.

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The library is a legal deposit library, which means it is entitled to a copy of every print publication in Britain and Ireland, and no items are allowed to be taken from the building.

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