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–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.

2.	done, made, acting, etc., for the community as a whole: public prosecution.

3.	open to all persons: a public meeting.

4.	of, pertaining to, or being in the service of a community or nation, esp. as a government officer: a public official.

5.	maintained at the public expense and under public control: a public library; a public road.

6.	generally known: The fact became public.

7.	familiar to the public; prominent: public figures.

8.	open to the view of all; existing or conducted in public: a public dispute.

9.	pertaining or devoted to the welfare or well-being of the community: public spirit.

10.	of or pertaining to all humankind; universal.

–noun

11.	the people constituting a community, state, or nation.

12.	a particular group of people with a common interest, aim, etc.: the book-buying public.

13.	British Informal. a tavern; public house.

—Idioms

14.

go public,

a.	to issue stock for sale to the general public.

b.	to present private or previously concealed information, news, etc., to the public; make matters open to public view: The Senator threatened to go public with his Congressional-reform plan.

15.	in public, not in private; in a situation open to public view or access; publicly: It was the first time that she had sung in public.

16.	make public, to cause to become known generally, as through the news media: Her resignation was made public this morning.

[Origin: 1400–50; < L pūblicus (earlier pōblicus, pōplicus, akin to populus people); r. late ME publique < MF < L, as above

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Thesaurus Entries (6 more entries. View all »)

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	public
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people.
Synonyms:	civic, civil, national
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	public
Part of Speech:	adjective
Synonyms:	lay, popular, secular, exoteric
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	public
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	Persons as an organized body.
Synonyms:	community, people, society
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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administration, public: see administrative law.

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