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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1387|origins=la publicatio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌpʌb.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌpʌb.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|publicacioun]], [[bor|fro|publicacion]] and directly from [[la|pūblicātiō|t=a making public]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) a noun of action from pūblicāre “to make public”, from pūblicus “public”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[publish]] and [[public]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Making something publicly known, an announcement: 1387 in the OED, before 1387 in Trevisa's translation of Higden's Polychronicon according to Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Issuing a book, map or engraving to the public is from 1576 (the 1570s in Etymonline),^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and a work so issued from 1656.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) In law, notification to those concerned is from 1590.^(OED 1989) The Latinism “making a thing public property, confiscation” is from 1611.^(OED 1989) The parallel ''publishment'' existed alongside it.^(Etymonline) In Nonconformist use in Wales, a publication was a preaching engagement.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1387 – making known.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1576 – issuing a book.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1656 – a published work.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of printing a book, magazine or other work and making it available.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A book, magazine or other work that has been published.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of making information known to the [[public]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonpublication]]

+ * [[prepublication]]

+ * [[republication]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[publish]]

+ * [[public]]

+ * [[publicity]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}