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public

  (pŭb'lĭk) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people: the public good.
  2. Maintained for or used by the people or community: a public park.
  3. Capitalized in shares of stock that can be traded on the open market: a public company.
  4. Participated in or attended by the people or community: “Opinions are formed in a process of open discussion and public debate” (Hannah Arendt).
  5. Connected with or acting on behalf of the people, community, or government: public office.
  6. Enrolled in or attending a public school: transit passes for public students.
  7. Open to the knowledge or judgment of all: a public scandal.
n.
  1. The community or the people as a whole.
  2. A group of people sharing a common interest: the reading public.
  3. Admirers or followers, especially of a famous person. See Usage Note at collective noun.
idioms:

go public

  1. To become publicly owned, by launching shares of stock onto the open market: The company went public after having been closely held for 12 years.
go public with Informal.
  1. To reveal to the public a previously unknown or secret piece of information: The president finally had to go public with the scandal.
in public
  1. In such a way as to be visible to the scrutiny of the people: “A career is born in public—talent in privacy” (Marilyn Monroe).

[Middle English publik, from Old French public, from Latin pūblicus, alteration (influenced by pūbēs, adult population) of poplicus, from populus, people, of Etruscan origin.]

publicness pub'lic·ness n.
 
 

Assets that can be traded in a public market, such as the stock market.

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Term for individual investors, as opposed to professional investors. Wall Street analysts like to deride the public for constantly buying at the top of a bull market and selling at the bottom of a bear market. The public participates in stock and bond markets both by buying individual securities and through intermediaries such as mutual funds and insurance companies. The term public is also used to describe a security that is available to be bought and sold by individual investors (as opposed to just large institutions or wealthy people, in which case the offering is a private one). Stocks that offer shares to the public are known as publicly held, in contrast to privately held concerns in which shares are owned by founders, employees, and a few large investors.

 
Thesaurus: public

adjective

  1. Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people: civic, civil, national. See specific/general.
  2. Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike: common, communal, conjoint, general, joint, mutual. See group.
  3. Of, representing, or carried on by people at large: democratic, general, popular. See politics, specific/general.
  4. Not restricted or confined to few: open, open-door, unrestricted. See open/close.

noun

  1. The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, ruck1, third estate. See over/under.
  2. Persons as an organized body: community, people, society. See specific/general.
  3. The body of persons who admire a public personality, especially an entertainer: audience, following. See like/dislike.

 
Antonyms: public

adj

Definition: community, general
Antonyms: particular, private, restricted, specific

adj

Definition: known, acknowledged
Antonyms: private, unknown


 
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

As a noun, the whole body politic, or the aggregate of the citizens of a state, nation, or municipality. The community at large, without reference to the geographical limits of any corporation like a city, town, or county; the people.

As an adjective, open to all; notorious. Open to common use. Belonging to the people at large; relating to or affecting the whole people of a state, nation, or community; not limited or restricted to any particular class of the community.

 
Word Tutor: public
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having to do with the people as a whole.

pronunciation The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas. — Judge John Kane

 
Quotes About: Public

Quotes:

"The public is wiser than the wisest critic." - George Bancroft

"You're not an M.P., you're a gastronomic pimp." - Aneurin Bevan

"The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations." - Andre Breton

"I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed." - Gabriel Byrne

"The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called significant literature will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles." - Raymond Chandler

"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career." - Charlie Chaplin

See more famous quotes about Public

 
Wikipedia: public

Public is about the what of belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation.

Public also refers to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public. "public Network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier.

Aggens (1983), in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "There is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability".

Selected bibliography

  1. Dewey, John. Public & Its Problems, Swallow Press, June 1954, ISBN 0-8040-0254-1.
  2. Habermas, Jürgen. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society, (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought), The MIT Press; Reprint edition, August 28, 1991, ISBN 0-262-58108-6.
  3. Habermas, Jürgen. The Theory of Communicative Action, Volume 2: Lifeword and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason, Thomas McCarthy (Translator), Beacon Press; Reprint edition, 1987, ISBN 0-8070-1401-X.
  4. Hannay, Alastair. On the Public, Routledge; 1 edition, July 13, 2005, ISBN 0-415-32792-X.
  5. Kierkegaard, Soren. A Literary Review (Penguin Classics), Alastair Hannay (Translator), Penguin Classics, March 26, 2002, ISBN 0-14-044801-2.
  6. Lippmann, Walter. The Phantom Public (Library of Conservative Thought), Transaction Publishers; Reprint edition, January 1, 1993, ISBN 1-56000-677-3.
  7. Mayhew, Leon H.. The New Public: Professional Communication and the Means of Social Influence, (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies), Cambridge University Press, September 28, 1997, ISBN 0-521-48493-6.
  8. Sennett, Richard. The Fall of Public Man W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition, June 1992, ISBN 0-393-30879-0.

See also


 
Translations: Translations for: Public

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - offentlig
n. - offentlighed

idioms:

  • go public    blive børsnoteret
  • in public    i offentligheden
  • in the public domain    på det offentlige område
  • in the public eye    i rampelyset
  • make public    gøre almindelig bekendt
  • public act    offentlig handling
  • public address system    højttaleranlæg
  • public affair    offentlig sag
  • public convenience    offentligt toilet
  • public domain software    gratis computersoftware
  • public enemy    samfundsfjende
  • public figure    offentlig skikkelse
  • public house    beværtning
  • public law    stats- og statsforvaltningsret
  • public nuisance    noget der strider mod den offentlige orden
  • public opinion    offentlig mening
  • public ownership    offentligt ejerforhold
  • public prosecutor    offentlig anklager
  • public relations    reklameafdeling, PR
  • public school    kostskole, offentlig skole
  • public sector    offentlig sektor
  • public service    almennytte
  • public spirit    samfundsånd
  • public utility    forsyning af vand, gas, el etc.
  • public works    offentlige arbejder

Nederlands (Dutch)
publiek, openbaar, staats-, algemeen, bekend

Français (French)
adj. - public, d'État, municipal, civique
n. - le public, les amateurs de (théâtre, de courses)

idioms:

  • go public    être coté en bourse, rendre public
  • in public    en public
  • in the public domain    dans le domaine public
  • in the public eye    (être exposé) à l'opinion publique
  • make public    publier, rendre publique
  • public act    acte public
  • public address system    système de sonorisation
  • public affairs    affaires publiques
  • public convenience    (GB) toilettes
  • public domain software    (Comput) logiciel appartenant au domaine public
  • public enemy    ennemi public
  • public figure    personnalité
  • public house    (GB) pub, (US) auberge
  • public law    droit public
  • public nuisance    (Jur) atteinte aux droits du public
  • public opinion    opinion publique
  • public ownership    (être) nationalisé
  • public prosecutor    procureur général
  • public relations    relations publiques
  • public school    (GB) école privée
  • public sector    secteur public
  • public service    service public, fonction publique
  • public spirit    esprit civique, civisme
  • public utility    équipements collectifs
  • public works    travaux publics

Deutsch (German)
n. - Publikum, Öffentlichkeit, Leserschaft
adj. - öffentlich

idioms:

  • go public    in eine Aktiengesellschaft umgewandelt werden, an die Öffentlichkeit treten
  • in public    in aller Öffentlichkeit
  • in the public domain    gemeinfrei
  • in the public eye    im Blickpunkt der Öffentlichkeit
  • make public    bekanntgeben
  • public act    Gesetzesentwurf, der die allgem. Öffentlichkeit berührt
  • public address system    Lautsprecheranlage
  • public affairs    Staatsangelegenheit
  • public convenience    öffentliche Toilette
  • public domain software    Public-Domain-Software
  • public enemy    Staatsfeind
  • public figure    Persönlichkeit des öffentlichen Lebens
  • public house    Gastwirtschaft
  • public law    öffentliches Recht
  • public nuisance    Störung der öffentlichen Ordnung
  • public opinion    öffentliche Meinung
  • public ownership    Staatseigentum
  • public prosecutor    Staatsanwalt
  • public relations    Public-Relations, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
  • public school    Privatschule, staatliche Schule
  • public sector    öffentlicher Sektor
  • public service    öffentlicher Dienst
  • public spirit    Gemeinsinn
  • public utility    öffentlicher Versorgungsbetrieb
  • public works    staatliche Bauvorhaben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (το) κοινό, (καθομ.) παμπ, μπιραρία
adj. - δημόσιος, που προορίζεται για το κοινό ή ανήκει σ' αυτό, πασίγνωστος, κοινός

idioms:

  • go public    (καθομ.) (για εταιρία) διαθέτω μετοχές στο ευρύ κοινό, κοινοποιώ πληροφορίες
  • in public    δημοσία, δημοσίως, στα φανερά
  • in the public domain    που αποτελεί δημόσιο κτήμα
  • in the public eye    στο φως της δημοσιότητας
  • make public    κοινοποιώ, δημοσιοποιώ
  • public act    νόμος καθολικής ισχύος
  • public address system    μεγαφωνικό δίκτυο
  • public affair    πασίγνωστη ερωτική σχέση
  • public convenience    δημόσιο αποχωρητήριο
  • public domain software    (Η/Υ) λογισμικό δημόσιας χρήσης
  • public enemy    δημόσιος κίνδυνος
  • public figure    δημόσιο πρόσωπο
  • public house    (Βρετ.) παμπ, μπιραρία
  • public law    δημόσιο δίκαιο
  • public nuisance    ταραξίας, (νομ.) κατάλυση της δημόσιας τάξης, αδίκημα κατά της κοινωνίας
  • public opinion    κοινή γνώμη
  • public ownership    κρατική ιδιοκτησία, κυριότητα δημοσίου
  • public prosecutor    (νομ.) δημόσιος κατήγορος, εισαγγελέας
  • public relations    δημόσιες σχέσεις
  • public school    (Βρετ.) (αριστοκρατικό) ιδιωτικό σχολείο, (ΗΠΑ) δημόσιο σχολείο
  • public sector    δημόσιος τομέας, (το) δημόσιο
  • public service    δημόσια υπηρεσία
  • public spirit    πατριωτισμός
  • public utility    επιχείρηση κοινής ωφέλειας, δημόσια επιχείρηση
  • public works    δημόσια έργα

Italiano (Italian)
pubblico

idioms:

  • go public    uscire allo scoperto
  • in public    in pubblico
  • in the public domain    esente da diritti di autore
  • in the public eye    noto, sotto gli occhi di tutti
  • make public    divulgare
  • public act    atto pubblico
  • public address system    sistema di amplificazione sonora
  • public convenience    gabinetto pubblico
  • public enemy    nemico pubblico
  • public figure    personaggio pubblico
  • public house    osteria
  • public law    diritto pubblico
  • public nuisance    turbativa dell'ordine pubblico, seccatore, scocciatore, rompiscatole
  • public opinion    opinione pubblica
  • public ownership    proprietà pubblica
  • public prosecutor    pubblico ministero, pubblica accusa
  • public relations    relazioni pubbliche
  • public school    (GB) scuola privata, (USA) scuola pubblica
  • public sector    settore pubblico
  • public service    servizio pubblico
  • public spirit    senso civico, civismo
  • public utility    bagno pubblico, latrina
  • public works    lavori pubblici

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - público

idioms:

  • go public    ir a público
  • in public    em público
  • in the public domain    no domínio público
  • in the public eye    à vista de todos
  • make public    tornar público
  • public act    ato público
  • public address system    sistema de alto-falantes
  • public convenience    banheiro público
  • public enemy    inimigo público
  • public figure    pessoa pública
  • public house    taverna
  • public law    lei popular
  • public nuisance    pessoa indesejável
  • public opinion    opinião pública
  • public ownership    propriedade da coletividade
  • public prosecutor    promotor público
  • public relations    relações públicas
  • public school    escola pública
  • public sector    setor público
  • public service    serviço público
  • public spirit    espírito público
  • public utility    utilidade pública
  • public works    obras públicas

Русский (Russian)
публика, публичный, общественный

idioms:

  • go public    превратить в акционерное общество
  • in public    открыто, на людях
  • in the public domain    в государственной сфере, всеобщее достояние, срок авторского права истек
  • in the public eye    в поле зрения общественности
  • make public    предать гласности
  • public act    открытое действие
  • public address system    система трансляционного вещания, аппаратура для выступлений
  • public convenience    общественная уборная
  • public enemy    враг народа
  • public figure    общественный деятель
  • public house    паб, пивная
  • public law    закон о гражданских правах
  • public nuisance    нарушение гражданских прав
  • public opinion    общественное мнение
  • public ownership    национализация
  • public prosecutor    общественный прокурор
  • public relations    связи с общественностью, рекламное дело
  • public school    публичная школа
  • public sector    государственный сектор
  • public service    государственная служба
  • public spirit    забота об общем благосостоянии
  • public utility    коммунальная услуга
  • public works    коммунальные услуги выполняемые государством

Español (Spanish)
adj. - público, del estado
n. - público, gente, espectadores

idioms:

  • go public    cotizar en la Bolsa
  • in public    en público
  • in the public domain    del dominio público, propiedad pública
  • in the public eye    a ojos vistas, bajo la mirada del público
  • make public    publicar, revelar
  • public act    ley general, ley de aplicación nacional o regional
  • public address system    sistema de altavoces, megafonía
  • public affairs    asunto de Estado, asuntos del dominio público
  • public convenience    retrete, servicios públicos
  • public domain software    software de dominio público
  • public enemy    enemigo público
  • public figure    figura pública
  • public house    taberna, bar, posada
  • public law    derecho público
  • public nuisance    molestia pública, estorbo público
  • public opinion    opinión pública
  • public ownership    propiedad pública
  • public prosecutor    fiscal
  • public relations    relaciones públicas
  • public school    colegio privado de enseñanza media, escuela pública, instituto
  • public sector    sector público
  • public service    servicio público
  • public spirit    civismo, patriotismo
  • public utility    empresa de servicios públicos, acciones de empresas de utilidad pública
  • public works    obras públicas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - allmänhet(en), publik(en)
adj. - offentlig, allmän, börsnoterad

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
公众的, 公立的, 公共的, 公众, 民众

idioms:

  • go public    公开, 把秘密公开, 使股票上市, 挂牌
  • in public    公开地, 当众
  • in the public domain    在公有土地, 无版权, 不受版权限制或保护
  • in the public eye    从公众的观点来看
  • make public    公布, 公布于众, 公开发表
  • public act    公共利益法案
  • public address system    扩音装置, 公共喊话系统, 有线广播
  • public affair    公众事务
  • public convenience    为公众提供方便的东西, 公共厕所
  • public domain software    无版权软件
  • public enemy    公敌, 要犯
  • public figure    有名的人物, 活动家
  • public house    酒店, 客栈
  • public law    公法, 国际公法
  • public nuisance    公害行为, 妨害公众安宁
  • public opinion    公众意见, 舆论, 公众舆论
  • public ownership    公有产权, 公有制, 国家所有制
  • public prosecutor    公诉人, 检察员, 检察官
  • public relations    公共关系, 公关
  • public school    公立学校
  • public sector    公共部门, 公共成分
  • public service    公用设施, 公共服务
  • public spirit    公德心
  • public utility    公用事业
  • public works    公共建设工程

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 公眾的, 公立的, 公共的
n. - 公眾, 民眾

idioms:

  • go public    公開, 把秘密公開, 使股票上市, 掛牌
  • in public    公開地, 當眾
  • in the public domain    在公有土地, 無版權, 不受版權限制或保護
  • in the public eye    從公眾的觀點來看
  • make public    公布, 公布於眾, 公開發表
  • public act    公共利益法案
  • public address system    擴音裝置, 公共喊話系統, 有線廣播
  • public affair    公眾事務
  • public convenience    為公眾提供方便的東西, 公共廁所
  • public domain software    無版權軟體
  • public enemy    公敵, 要犯
  • public figure    有名的人物, 活動家
  • public house    酒店, 客棧
  • public law    公法, 國際公法
  • public nuisance    公害行為, 妨害公眾安寧
  • public opinion    公眾意見, 輿論, 公眾輿論
  • public ownership    公有產權, 公有制, 國家所有制
  • public prosecutor    公訴人, 檢察員, 檢察官
  • public relations    公共關係, 公關
  • public school    公立學校
  • public sector    公共部門, 公共成分
  • public service    公用設施, 公共服務
  • public spirit    公德心
  • public utility    公用事業
  • public works    公共建設工程

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 공중의, 공공의
n. - 공중, 사회, 국민

idioms:

  • go public    주식을 공개하다
  • in public    공공연히
  • in the public domain    국유[공유]지
  • in the public eye    사회의 주목을 끌고 있다
  • make public    공공연하게 항의하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 公の, 公共の, 公衆用の, 公立の, 公的な, 公然の, 周知の, 有名な
n. - 公衆, 人々

idioms:

  • go public    株を公開する, 機密を公表する
  • in public    人前で, 公然と
  • in the public domain    公有地で
  • in the public eye    公然で
  • in the public gaze    公衆の面前で
  • make public    公表する
  • public act    公法律
  • public address system    拡声装置
  • public affair    公然の事実
  • public convenience    公衆便所
  • public enemy    社会の敵, 公敵, 敵国
  • public figure    有名人
  • public funds    公債
  • public house    パブ, 宿屋
  • public law    公法
  • public nuisance    公的不法妨害, 騒音などの公害, やっかい者
  • public opinion    世論
  • public ownership    公有
  • public prosecutor    検察官
  • public relations    パブリックリレーションズ, 渉外, 広報活動
  • public school    公立学校, パブリックスクール
  • public sector    公共部門
  • public servant    公務員
  • public service    公益事業, 公務
  • public spirit    公共心
  • public utility    公益事業, 公益企業株
  • public works    土木事業, 公共事業, 公共建造物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الجمهور, الشعب (صفه) عام, عمومي, مشاع, علني, حكومي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ציבורי, פומבי, כללי‬
n. - ‮קהל, ציבור‬


 
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