public
Sentences
Meaning
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- Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
- Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
- 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.
- Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass.
- Pertaining to nations collectively, or to nations regarded as civilized; international, supernational.
- Now chiefly in public spirit and public-spirited: seeking to further the best interests or well-being of the community or nation.
- Now only in public figure: famous, prominent, well-known.
- 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.
- (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the human race as a whole; common, universal.
- (obsolete) Chiefly in make public: of a work: printed or otherwise published.
Synonyms
ruling power
having one’s own way
whole country
community at large
people in general
people’s
the public
nation-wide
open to the public
outward appearance
well known
widely known
busy place
descent from heaven
around town
private affair
government property
masses of the people
over all
known to all people
not hidden
state-operated
belonging to everybody
common people
made known
Frequency
Hyphenated as
publ‧ic
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpʌblɪk/
Etymology
In summary
The adjective and noun are derived from Late Middle English publik, publike (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public or public affairs; (noun) a generally observable place or situation”), from Anglo-Norman public, publik, publique, Middle French public, publique, and Old French public (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public; official; (noun) community or its members collectively; nation, state; audience, spectators collectively”) (modern French public, publique (obsolete)); and from their etymon Latin pūblicus (“of or belonging to the community, people, or state; general, public”), an alteration of poplicus (influenced by pūbēs (“adult men; male population”)), from poplus (“community; the people, public; nation, state”) (later populus; from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”); further origin uncertain, possibly from Etruscan or from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Doublet of people. The Middle English word displaced native Old English ceorlfolc and folclic. The verb is derived from the adjective.
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