(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of a book or magazine is the act of printing it and sending it to shops to be sold.
The guide is being translated into several languages for ~ near Christmas...
The ~ of his collected poems was approaching the status of an event.
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2.
A ~ is a book or magazine that has been published.
They have started legal proceedings against two ~s which spoke of an affair.
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3.
The ~ of something such as information is the act of making it known to the public, for example by informing journalists or by publishing a government document.
A spokesman said: ‘We have no comment regarding the ~ of these photographs.’
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