'Publication' definitions:
Definition of 'publication'
From: WordNet
noun
A copy of a printed work offered for distribution
noun
The act of issuing printed materials [syn: issue, publication]
noun
The communication of something to the public; making information generally known
noun
The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution [syn: publication, publishing]
Definition of 'Publication'
From: GCIDE
- Publication \Pub`li*ca"tion\, n. [L. publicatio confiscation: cf. F. publication. See Publish.]
- 1. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution. [1913 Webster]
- The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is published or made known; especially, any book, pamphlet, etc., offered for sale or to public notice; as, a daily or monthly publication. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An act done in public. [R. & Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His jealousy . . . attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- Publication of a libel (Law), such an exhibition of a libel as brings it to the notice of at least one person other than the person libeled.
- Publication of a will (Law), the delivery of a will, as his own, by a testator to witnesses who attest it. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'publication'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- acquaintance,
- advertisement,
- advertising,
- airing,
- albertype,
- angelophany,
- announcement,
- annual,
- appearance,
- attenuation,
- avatar,
- best seller,
- bimonthly,
- biweekly,
- blue book,
- book,
- book printing,
- booklet,
- bound book,
- briefing,
- broadcast,
- broadcasting,
- broadside,
- brochure,
- bulletin,
- Christophany,
- chromotypography,
- chromotypy,
- chromoxylography,
- circumfusion,
- classic,
- collotype,
- color printing,
- coloring book,
- communication,
- communique,
- conveyance,
- daily,
- data,
- datum,
- declaration,
- definitive work,
- diffraction,
- diffusion,
- dilution,
- directory,
- disclosure,
- dispatch,
- dispensation,
- dispersal,
- dispersion,
- dissemination,
- dissipation,
- distribution,
- divergence,
- electronography,
- electrostatic printing,
- embodiment,
- enlightenment,
- epiphany,
- evaporation,
- evidence,
- evincement,
- expansion,
- expression,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- flier,
- flyer,
- folio,
- fortnightly,
- fragmentation,
- gen,
- general information,
- giving,
- graphic arts,
- gravure,
- great work,
- guidebook,
- halftone engraving,
- hand-out,
- handbill,
- handout,
- hard information,
- hardback,
- hebdomadal,
- history of printing,
- impartation,
- imparting,
- impartment,
- incarnation,
- incidental information,
- indication,
- info,
- information,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- issuance,
- job printing,
- journal,
- juvenile,
- juvenile book,
- knowledge,
- leaflet,
- letterpress,
- letterpress photoengraving,
- light,
- limp-cover book,
- line engraving,
- lithography,
- lithogravure,
- lithophotogravure,
- magazine,
- magnum opus,
- manifestation,
- materialization,
- mention,
- message,
- mimeograph,
- monthly,
- newsletter,
- newspaper,
- nonbook,
- notebook,
- notice,
- notification,
- novel,
- offset,
- offset lithography,
- onset,
- opus,
- opuscule,
- opusculum,
- palaeotypography,
- pamphlet,
- paper,
- paperback,
- peppering,
- periodical,
- photo-offset,
- photochemical process,
- photoengraving,
- photogelatin process,
- photographic reproduction,
- photography,
- photolithography,
- phototypography,
- phototypy,
- photozincography,
- picture book,
- planographic printing,
- planography,
- playbook,
- pneumatophany,
- pocket book,
- prayer book,
- presentation,
- printing,
- printmaking,
- proclamation,
- production,
- promotional material,
- promulgation,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- proof,
- propagation,
- psalmbook,
- psalter,
- publicity,
- publicizing,
- publishing,
- putting out,
- quarterly,
- radiation,
- release,
- relief printing,
- report,
- reporting,
- revelation,
- rotary photogravure,
- rotogravure,
- Satanophany,
- scattering,
- scatterment,
- serial,
- sharing,
- sheetwork,
- shotgun pattern,
- sidelight,
- sketchbook,
- soft-cover,
- songbook,
- sowing,
- spattering,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- sprinkling,
- standard work,
- statement,
- stencil,
- storybook,
- strewing,
- tabloid,
- telling,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- theophany,
- three-color printing,
- title,
- tome,
- trade book,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- two-color printing,
- typography,
- typolithography,
- volatilization,
- volume,
- weekly,
- white book,
- white paper,
- wood-block printing,
- word,
- work,
- writing,
- xerography,
- xeroprinting,
- xylotypography,
- zincography
Words containing 'Publication'
- In public,
- Public,
- Publication of a will,
- Publicity,
- Publicly,
- Publicness,
- publically,
- publicize,
- publicized,
- publicizer,
- publicizing,
- Public credit,
- Public domain,
- Public funds,
- Public house,
- Public law,
- Public nuisance,
- Public orator,
- Public school,
- Public stores,
- Public war,
- Public works,
- Publication of a libel,
- Publicity pamphlet,
- general public,
- in the public domain,
- in the public eye,
- notary public,
- public act,
- public assistance,
- public charity,
- public convenience,
- public debate,
- public debt,
- public defender,
- public discussion,
- public easement,
- public enemy,
- public executioner,
- public exposure,
- public eye,
- public figure,
- public holiday,
- public housing,
- public image,
- public knowledge,
- public lavatory,
- public lecture,
- public library,
- public mover,
- public nudity,
- public office,
- public opinion,
- public presentation,
- public press,
- public property,
- public prosecutor,
- public relations,
- public security,
- public servant,
- public service,
- public speaker,
- public speaking,
- public square,
- public statute,
- public toilet,
- public transit,
- public transport,
- public treasury,
- public trough,
- public trust,
- public utility,
- public violence,
- publicity man,
- serial publication,
- the public funds,
- Free public house,
- Public-hearted,
- Public-minded,
- Public-mindedness,
- Public-spirited,
- Public-spiritedly,
- Public-spiritedness,
- certified public accountant,
- doctor of public health,
- initial public offering,
- master in public affairs,
- public address system,
- public opinion poll,
- public relations man,
- public relations person,
- public utility company,
- right of first publication,
- Public-service corporation,
- Quasi-public corporation,
- public-key encryption,
- public-relations campaign,
- right to speedy and public trial by jury,
- united states public health service