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PUBLISHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
Synonyms:
publication; publishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("publishing" is a kind of...):
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Domain member category:
headline (provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline)
index (provide with an index)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "publishing"):
desktop publishing ((computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials)
republication; republishing (the act of publishing again)
contribution (a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story)
serialisation; serialization (publication in serial form)
Derivation:
publish (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb publish
Context examples:
Besides, that publishing firm did not own a magazine wherewith to make its claim less modest.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
You may alternatively (or additionally) be excited about a publishing, broadcasting, or digital venture, or one involving academia.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
As an earnest of our pleasure in publishing the poem, let me tell you that we have set it for the August number, our July number being already made up.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Alternatively, you have a good chance of seeing luck in one of these areas: immigration matters, academic pursuits, publishing or broadcasting projects, or legal matters.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He believed he could find magazine publication for it, and he felt that recognition by the magazines would commend him to the book-publishing houses.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This house also rules the media, specifically publishing, broadcasting, or online work, with you as the writer, editor, or producer, or as the subject of a publicity story.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Martin wrote immediately, begging the editor to cease publishing the lyrics and to return them to him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
You will meet successful people from many walks of life including government, academia, business, publishing and broadcasting, diplomacy, politics, medicine, and law, so January and the months ahead will be stimulating and exciting.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The Northern Review, after publishing The Cradle of Beauty, had written him for half a dozen similar essays, which would have been supplied out of the heap, had not Burton's Magazine, in a speculative mood, offered him five hundred dollars each for five essays.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Or you may instead experience luck involving a publishing or broadcasting project, a legal matter, or one involving your pursuit for an advanced university degree.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
