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# publish

«publish» in Mova's school dictionary: **to print a book, magazine or newspaper and make it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (publish, publishes, published, publishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To publish means to print a book, magazine or newspaper and make it available for people to buy or read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#m1)

2) To publish means to put writing, pictures or videos online for others to see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#m2)

3) To publish can mean to make information known to the public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In literacy lessons children write, edit and publish their own stories (make a neat final copy or a class book). Authors and publishers publish books. Online safety: think before you publish anything online, because it may stay there and be seen by many people; never publish your address or school. Phrases: publish a book, get published, publish online, publish results.

### examples

- Our class published a book of poems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#x1)
- The author's first book was published last spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#x2)
- Think carefully before you publish a photo online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#x3)
- The school publishes a newsletter every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#x4)
- Scientists publish their results so others can check them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#x5)
- She hopes to publish her comic one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#x6)
- He would not even publish them in his own name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: published, publishing; he publishes (-es after sh). A company that publishes books is a «publisher». «Publish» is not the same as «write»: an author writes, a publisher publishes.

### In the corpora

- [Ratings are decided by trained examiners who follow published rules, not by the film makers, and not by guessing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/17/)
- [Professional authors usually rewrite their work many times before it is published.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/43-editing-and-redrafting/10/)
- [News and companies often publish joke stories on April 1st, like the 1957 BBC report of spaghetti growing on trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/15/)
- [On April 1st, newspapers, TV and companies often publish joke stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/3/)
- [Many news websites and companies publish joke stories on April Fools' Day, so check the date and think.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «publish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/publish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.