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PUBL-is-yz/ˈpʌblɪsaɪz/

To publicise is to make something widely known (British spelling -ise): publicise a clinic; widely publicised. Publicity is the noun; publish is to issue a text (already in the dictionary). Publicise the catch-up clinics. Mix-up: publish / public; American publicize. Do not write publicise for “print a journal article” (that is publish).

Meaning

To make something widely known (British spelling).

Examples

• “Publicise the catch-up clinics, the health brief said, not a rumour.”
• “The inquiry was widely publicised, which is the made-known sense.”

Good to know

publicise + event / finding; widely publicised. Noun: publicity. US: publicize. Trap: publish. News, health, and campaigns. Make known, not issue a book.

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