1 [+ obj] : to prepare and produce (a book, magazine, etc.) for sale
▪ It's a small company that only publishes about four books a year. ▪ The university press publishes academic titles. ▪ The newspaper is published daily. 2 : to have something you wrote included in a book, magazine, newspaper, etc. [no obj] ▪ There is a lot of pressure for professors to publish regularly. [+ obj] ▪ He has not published anything for a long time. 3 [+ obj] : to include (an article, letter, photograph, etc.) in a magazine or newspaper
▪ The magazine published two of my stories. 4 [+ obj] formal : to make (something) known to many people : to make a public announcement of (something)
▪ The committee plans on publishing their findings.