simple past tense and past participle of publish
"The author published her new novel last month after years of hard work."
In plain English: Published means making something available to the public so anyone can read it or see it.
"The author published her new novel last month."
Usage: Use published to describe work that has been officially released to the public by a publisher or author. It indicates that the material is now available for readers to access rather than remaining private or unpublished.
Derived from the Latin publicare, meaning "to make public," this term originally referred to announcing something openly or declaring it officially. It entered English via Old French as publier before evolving into its current past participle form.