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{
"term": "publish",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "publish",
"heSheIt": "publishes"
},
"pastSimple": "published",
"pastParticiple": "published",
"ingForm": "publishing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to produce a book, magazine, CD-ROM, etc. and sell it to the public",
"sensetop": "publish something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **publish a book/novel/magazine/paper**"
},
{
"text": "The first **edition** was **published** in 2007."
},
{
"text": "He works for a company that publishes reference books."
},
{
"text": "Most of our titles are also published online."
},
{
"text": "The book was first published in 1960."
},
{
"text": "This essay was originally published in German."
},
{
"text": "Many of his plays were published anonymously."
},
{
"text": "Her books have never been widely published in the US."
},
{
"text": "Her last book was published posthumously in 1948."
},
{
"text": "a newly published series of essays"
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["recently", "originally", "previously"],
"verb + publish": ["decide to", "intend to", "plan to"],
"phrases": ["newly published"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to print a letter, an article, etc. in a newspaper or magazine",
"sensetop": "publish somethingpublish something in something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **publish a story/letter/comment/review**",
"contextForm": "publish something"
},
{
"text": "to **publish an article/interview**"
},
{
"text": "Pictures of the suspect were published in all the daily papers.",
"contextForm": "publish something in something"
},
{
"text": "The editors published a full apology in the following edition."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["recently", "originally", "previously"],
"verb + publish": ["decide to", "intend to", "plan to"],
"phrases": ["newly published"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make information available to the public",
"sensetop": "publish somethingpublish something on something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **publish work/research/results**"
},
{
"text": "The **findings** of the committee will be **published** on Friday."
},
{
"text": "The **study** was **published** online."
},
{
"text": "according to the **information published** on their website",
"contextForm": "publish something on something"
},
{
"text": "The **report** will be **published** on the internet."
},
{
"text": "The team's report will be published in the journal on 18 August."
},
{
"text": "This data set is based on a previously published report."
}
],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["recently", "originally", "previously"],
"verb + publish": ["decide to", "intend to", "plan to"],
"phrases": ["newly published"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to have your work printed and sold to the public",
"sensetop": "publish on somethingpublish something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "University teachers are under pressure to publish."
},
{
"text": "He has published extensively on medieval education.",
"contextForm": "publish on something"
},
{
"text": "She hasn't published anything for years.",
"contextForm": "publish something"
},
{
"text": "She has recently published her memoirs."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["recently", "originally", "previously"],
"verb + publish": ["decide to", "intend to", "plan to"],
"phrases": ["newly published"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃ/",
"audio": "pu/publish/publish__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃɪz/",
"audio": "pu/publish/publishes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃt/",
"audio": "pu/publish/published__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "pu/publish/publishing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃ/",
"audio": "pu/publish/publish__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃɪz/",
"audio": "pu/publish/publishes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃt/",
"audio": "pu/publish/published__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "pu/publish/publishing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘make generally known’): from the stem of Old French puplier, from Latin publicare ‘make public’, from publicus, blend of poplicus ‘of the people’ (from populus ‘people’) and pubes ‘adult’."
}