"self-publish" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "self- + publish",
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  "etymology_text": "From self- + publish.",
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      "form": "self-publishes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "self-publishing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-published",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "self-published",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To publish a work independently, without the assistance of a publishing company."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "publish",
          "publish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(authorship) To publish a work independently, without the assistance of a publishing company."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "self-pub"
        },
        {
          "word": "selfpub"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "authorship",
        "broadcasting",
        "communications",
        "film",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "television",
        "writing"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "publish a work independently",
          "word": "kustantaa itse"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "publish a work independently",
          "word": "selbst veröffentlichen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "publish a work independently",
          "word": "self-publishen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "publish a work independently",
          "word": "selvpublisere"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "publish a work independently",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wydawać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "publish a work independently",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wydać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "publish a work independently",
          "word": "auto-publica"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-publish"
}

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    }
  ],
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        "2": "self",
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      },
      "expansion": "self- + publish",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From self- + publish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "self-publishes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-publishing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-published",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "self-published",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
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        "Terms with Romanian translations"
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      "glosses": [
        "To publish a work independently, without the assistance of a publishing company."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "publish",
          "publish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(authorship) To publish a work independently, without the assistance of a publishing company."
      ],
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        "authorship",
        "broadcasting",
        "communications",
        "film",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "television",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "self-pub"
    },
    {
      "word": "selfpub"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "publish a work independently",
      "word": "kustantaa itse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "publish a work independently",
      "word": "selbst veröffentlichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "publish a work independently",
      "word": "self-publishen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "publish a work independently",
      "word": "selvpublisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "publish a work independently",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wydawać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "publish a work independently",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wydać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "publish a work independently",
      "word": "auto-publica"
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-publish"
}