Spell Bee Word: Publish

What does publish mean?

Word: Publish

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Publish means to get a book, magazine or newspaper made and sent out so that people can buy or read it. Putting writing on a website is also publishing it.

Synonyms: issue

How do you spell publish?

Syllables: pub - lish

Tricky part: The first vowel is u, as in public. Children often write pablish or poblish.

Watch out for: pablish, poblish

Memory tip: To publish a book is to make it public, and public and publish both begin p-u-b, with a u.

Publish in a sentence

Example 1: Our school will publish a magazine at the end of the year.

Example 2: The newspaper publishes cartoons every Sunday.

Example 3: My aunt wants to publish a book of stories.

Fun Fact

The first newspaper published in India was Hicky's Bengal Gazette, which came out in Calcutta in 1780.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pubblesh
b) publish
c) publesh
d) pubblish

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

publish

a) print
b) tear
c) erase
d) hide

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

publissh

a) s
b) h
c) l
d) i

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

blipshu

a) publihs
b) pubsilh
c) publish
d) pubilsh

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Our school will publish a magazine. Who will be able to read it?

a) anyone who gets a copy
b) only the printer
c) nobody at all
d) only the editor

2. In which sentence is publish used the right way?

a) Our class will publish a book of poems.
b) Our class will publish a trip to the zoo.
c) Our class will publish a game of cricket.
d) Our class will publish a bag of sweets.