published
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,794 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,935 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- prepared and printed for distribution and sale the complete published works Dickens
- formally made public also: promulgated published accounts
published in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Editorial notes: Daniel Defoe's tale of Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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This Almanack was published only 67 years from the settlement at Plymouth, and 59 from that of Salem.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1
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When first I knew her she had published half-a-dozen fictions, and I believe I had also perpetrated a novel.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1
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His Lives of the Saints, etc., written in German and dedicated to Professor Schurmberg, his old teacher, was published in 1690.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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I am an author, that is to say, I have written a book, and have lately published it at my own expense.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1