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# published

«published» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of publish: it was printed or put out for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of publish); adjective (published)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Published is the past form of publish: it was printed or put out for people to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#m1)

2) As an adjective, published describes something that has been made available to the public, like a published book or a published author. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In literacy: a published author is someone whose books have been printed; a published piece is a finished, polished final copy. In science: published results have been shared so other scientists can check them. In online safety: once a photo is published online, it is hard to take back. Phrases: was published, newly published, a published author, published work.

### examples

- Her story was published in the school magazine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#x1)
- The book was first published a long time ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#x2)
- He is a published author now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#x3)
- The results were published in a science journal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#x4)
- That photo was published without permission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#x5)
- The newly published dictionary has many new words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#x6)
- The Fables thus recovered were soon published. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/published/#x7)

### note

Regular past: -ed added to publish. «Has been published» / «was published» are passive forms: the book is the subject, not the writer. A published fact is not always true — published things can still be wrong, so check sources.

### 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/)
- [Gerardus Mercator published his famous world map in 1569, and on it a straight line is a line of constant compass bearing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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