publishing

pub·lish  (pblsh)

v. pub·lished, pub·lish·ing, pub·lish·es

v.tr.

1. To prepare and issue (printed material) for public distribution or sale.

2. To bring to the public attention; announce. See Synonyms at announce.

v.intr.

1. To issue a publication.

2. To be the writer or author of published works or a work.

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[Middle English publicen, publishen, to make known publicly, from alteration of Old French publier, from Latin pblicre; see publication.]

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publish·a·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

publishing - the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution publication business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" desktop publishing - (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials republishing, republication - 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 headline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline index - provide with an index; "index the book"

Translations

publishing [ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ] n (industry) → industria del libro

publishing [ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ] publish n (= industry) → édition f [of a book]; publication f

publishing [ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ] publish n (profession) → das Verlagswesen

publishing [ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ] n (industry) → editoria; [of a book] → pubblicazione f