publishing

1. 1.

   the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

   Synonymspublication

   Broadercommercial enterprise

   Narrowerdesktop publishingrepublicationcontributionserialization

Other forms of publishing

plural

publishings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about publishing

What does publishing mean?

publishing means "the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution".

How many syllables are in publishing?

publishing has 3 syllables: pub-li-shing. The stress falls on "pub". In IPA it is /ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for publishing?

Close synonyms include publication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is publishing a common word?

publishing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.