Signification

• Adj

  1. Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
  2. Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
  3. Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
  4. Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
  5. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
  6. Pertaining to a person in the capacity in which they deal with other people on a formal or official basis, as opposed to a personal or private capacity; official, professional.
  7. Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass.
  8. Pertaining to nations collectively, or to nations regarded as civilized; international, supernational.
  9. Now chiefly in public spirit and public-spirited: seeking to further the best interests or well-being of the community or nation.
  10. Now only in public figure: famous, prominent, well-known.
  11. In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student.
  12. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the human race as a whole; common, universal.
  13. (obsolete) Chiefly in make public: of a work: printed or otherwise published.

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