PUBLISHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does published mean? 

• PUBLISHED (adjective)
  The adjective PUBLISHED has 2 senses:

1. prepared and printed for distribution and sale

2. formally made public

  Familiarity information: PUBLISHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLISHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepared and printed for distribution and sale

Context example:

the complete published works Dickens

Antonym:

unpublished (not published)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Formally made public

Synonyms:

promulgated; published

Context example:

published accounts

Similar:

publicised; publicized (made known; especially made widely known)

 Context examples 

The tenth version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), published by the World Health Organization in 1992.

(International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, NCI Thesaurus)

Published by The Regenstrief Institute, the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes covers clinical and clinical laboratory terminology.

(Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes, NCI Thesaurus)

"The Shame of the Sun" was published in October.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.

(Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

As new information becomes available subsequent editions are published.

(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition, NCI Thesaurus)

The identifier assigned to a product, usually in the list of products published by a reseller or manufacturer.

(Catalog Number, NCI Thesaurus)

We will already know more once the Interphone study is published.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

A method of staging myeloma published by the International Myeloma Working Group in 2003.

(International Staging System for Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized survey developed and published by Kurt Kroenke, Robert Spitzer and Janet Williams in 2002 in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine which is used to assess the severity of an individual's somatic symptoms.

(Patient Health Questionnaire - 15 Item, NCI Thesaurus)

Why, Jo, your stories are works of Shakespeare compared to half the rubbish that is published every day.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)