publisher

«publisher» in Mova's school dictionary: A company or person that prepares books, magazines… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a publisher, publishers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A company or person that prepares books, magazines, newspapers, music or games and makes them available for people to buy or read. tree →

2) (computers) A program or person that puts something online for others to see. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons the publisher's name is on a book's spine and title page and is used in references; in everyday life publishers choose and sell books. Phrases: «the publisher of», «a children's publisher», «find a publisher».

examples

• The publisher's name is on the spine of the book. tree →
• Penguin is a famous publisher. tree →
• She sent her story to a publisher, hoping it would be printed. tree →
• The game publisher released a new update. tree →
• In our book review, write the author, title and publisher. tree →
• The newspaper's publisher decided to print a special edition. tree →
• "Yes; and he is our first printer and publisher now," replied the scholar. tree →

note

Countable: publisher, publishers. Verb: publish; noun: publication. The author writes the book; the publisher edits, prints and sells it; the printer only prints it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «publisher» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.