Publication ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃn Specialist Noun Bre Date Delay Exam

• the publication date
• the publication of his first novel
• specialist publications
• a delay in the publication of the exam results

publication

1. the act of printing a book, a magazine, etc. and making it available to the public; a book, a magazine, etc. that has been published
• the publication date
• the publication of his first novel
• specialist publications
2. the act of printing something in a newspaper, report, etc. so that the public knows about it
• a delay in the publication of the exam results
• The newspaper continues to defend its publication of the photographs.

Extra Examples

• ‘This Week’’s German sister publication, ‘Diese Woche’, went out of business.
• His writing has appeared in many other print and online publications.
• Our German sister publication, ‘Diese Woche’, went out of business.
• She has several publications to her name on local history.
• The book is scheduled for publication in the autumn.
• The glossy publication is being mailed to 4 000 companies.
• The publication of her memoirs is scheduled for the autumn.
• specialist publications about bees
• the lower cost of electronic publication
• the posthumous publication this year of his unedited journals
• Her work has appeared in a wide variety of mainstream publications.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘public announcement or declaration’): via Old French from Latin publicatio(n-), from publicare ‘make public’, from publicus, blend of poplicus ‘of the people’ (from populus ‘people’) and pubes ‘adult’.