1. The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
   "The publishing industry has been transformed by digital technology";
   - publication

1. Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
   "publish a magazine or newspaper";
   - bring out, put out, issue, release, drop [informal]
    
2. Reproduce text or images for public distribution
   "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce";
   - print
    
3. Have (one's work) issued for publication
   "She published 25 books during her long career"; "Mozart didn't publish all of his works"

Derived forms: publishings

See also: bring

Type of: air, appear, bare, business, business enterprise, come along, commercial enterprise, create, make, produce, publicise [Brit], publicize

Encyclopedia: Publishing