public

Meaning of public

noun
  1. The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
    Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
  2. A public house; an inn.
adjective
  1. Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.
  2. Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.
  3. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.
  4. Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
  5. (of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
  6. Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses.

Information about public

Hyphenation of public

pub-lic

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • public is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

public synonyms

Meaning populace:

populace, world

public antonyms

Meaning :

private

Translation of public

Words that rhyme with public

monosyllablic, Biblic, niblic, philobiblic, emblic, phyllaemblic, Public, Republic, nonpublic, overpublic, republic, semipublic, semirepublic, unpublic

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