public

1. a. 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. Source: opted

2. a. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal. Source: opted

3. a. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. A public house; an inn. Source: opted

6. adj. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole Source: wordnet

7. adj. affecting the people or community as a whole Source: wordnet

8. n. people in general considered as a whole Source: wordnet

9. n. a body of people sharing some common interest Source: wordnet

10. r:4/j:70/n:26 n. a body of people sharing some common interest a. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole s. affecting the people or community as a whole Source: ecdict

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