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publication

publication

130 3.2
Making information or a book available to everyone
  • noun
  • /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən/
translation icon : publicación
  • Congratulations on the publication of your book.
  • publication date
  • submitted for publication
  • accepted for publication

That said that I did her serious harm at the time of publication of that tweet.

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Examples

  • New regulations restricting the publication of research about coronavirus.

  • I will pay for the publication of the greatest scientific work in any language.

  • We all know how important that first publication of our career is.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Each new issue is made available simultaneously with the publication of the print issue.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Tom enjoys writing for publication and has had numerous articles published in The Technology Teacher.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Do you have any idea what the publication of these results will mean to Dr Buckley and his department?

  • The publicity barrage intensified after publication and set new standards of media attention.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated musician whose CD right here was named one of the top albums of the year by nearly every major publication.

  • Regrettably, the situation has not improved in any appreciable manner since the publication of Glendon's book.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Congratulations on the publication of your book.

Synonyms

publishing
vspublication
324 3.3

Business that prepares and sells books and magazines

is the act of making material available to the public not the business side
issue
vspublication
  • Formal
215 3.4

The official giving of supplies or documents to people

is making material available to the public rather than formal official supply
dissemination
vspublication
16 6.6

Spreading information or ideas so many people learn them

is the act of making material available to the public not broad spreading

Compounds

The only right to be the first to make a work public and sell it

A magazine or journal that comes out at regular times

How Widely

dissemination
16 6.6
circulation
28 4.0
publication
130 3.2
press release
  • Literature
94 2.5
narrowcast
  • Literature
8.1

Surface Forms

publication singular
publications plural

Morphology

publication = publish (transparent) = publish + ation

Standard noun formation from the verb 'publish' indicating the act or process of making something public.

Etymology

The word publication comes from the Latin root publicus, which means 'public' or 'for everyone', and is related to the English word public. So to publish something is to make it 'public', which is why publication can mean the act of making information or a book available to people.