Meaning

• To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.

  "Most of the sketches Faulkner published in 1925 appeared in the Sunday magazine section of the New Orleans Times-Picayune."

• To announce to the public.

  "No newspaper published the victim's name."

• To issue the work of (an author).

  "Grove Press published many avant-garde authors."

• To disseminate (a message) publicly via a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.

• To issue a medium (e.g. publication).

  "Major city papers still publish daily."

• To have one's work accepted for a publication.

  "She needs to publish in order to get tenure."

• (of content) To be made available in a printed publication or other medium.

  "The article first published online, then in print the next day."

• To convert data of a Web page to HTML in a local directory and copy it to the Web site on a remote system.