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- [n] a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"
- [n] people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
- [adj] affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"
- [adj] not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"
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| | Synonyms: | | common, community(a), in the public eye(p), national, open, populace, semipublic, state, state-supported, unexclusive, unrestricted, world |
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| | Antonyms: | | private |
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| | See Also: | | admass, audience, body, exoteric, overt, people |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people:
cf. F. public. See {People}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people;
relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community;
-- opposed to {private}; as, the public treasury.
To the public good Private respects must yield.
--Milton.
He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of
the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D.
Webster.
2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common;
notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public
example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt.
i. 19.
3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public
house. ``The public street.'' --Shak.
{Public act} or {statute} (Law), an act or statute affecting
matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts
take judicial notice.
{Public credit}. See under {Credit}.
{Public funds}. See {Fund}, 3.
{Public house}, an inn, or house of entertainment.
{Public law}.
(a) See {International law}, under {International}.
(b) A public act or statute.
{Public nuisance}. (Law) See under {Nuisance}.
{Public orator}. (Eng. Universities) See {Orator}, 3.
{Public stores}, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.
{Public works}, all fixed works built by civil engineers for
public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but
strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed
at the public cost.
\Pub"lic\, n.
1. The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or
community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American
public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people;
as, an author's public.
The public is more disposed to censure than to
praise. --Addison.
2. A public house; an inn. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
{In public}, openly; before an audience or the people at
large; not in private or secrecy. ``We are to speak in
public.'' --Shak.
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