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1. A reference to, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole.
2. Done, made, acting, etc., for the community as a whole.
3. Open to all people; such as, a public meeting.
4. Pertaining to, or being in the service of a community or nation; especially, as a government officer: a public official.
5. Maintained at public expense and under public control: a public library; a public road.
6. Generally known to other people: "The fact became public."
7. Familiar to people generally; prominent: "She was a public figure."
8. Open to the view of all the people; existing or conducted in public: "His actions resulted in a public dispute."
9. Pertaining to or devoted to all humankind or people.
10. To make public, to cause to become known generally, as through the news media: "Their resignations were made public in the local newspaper."
11. The people constituting a community, a state, or a nation.
12. A particular group of people with common interests, aims, etc.
13. In public, not in private; in a situation open to public view or access; publicly.
2. Done, made, acting, etc., for the community as a whole.
3. Open to all people; such as, a public meeting.
4. Pertaining to, or being in the service of a community or nation; especially, as a government officer: a public official.
5. Maintained at public expense and under public control: a public library; a public road.
6. Generally known to other people: "The fact became public."
7. Familiar to people generally; prominent: "She was a public figure."
8. Open to the view of all the people; existing or conducted in public: "His actions resulted in a public dispute."
9. Pertaining to or devoted to all humankind or people.
10. To make public, to cause to become known generally, as through the news media: "Their resignations were made public in the local newspaper."
11. The people constituting a community, a state, or a nation.
12. A particular group of people with common interests, aims, etc.
13. In public, not in private; in a situation open to public view or access; publicly.
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publi-, pub-
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Units related to:
“public”
(Latin: common, universal, public; multitude and common people)
(Latin: forensis of a forum, place of assembly; public, public speaking; foras, foranus, outside, residing outside, out of doors)
(Greek: assembly, market place; open space, public speaking; originally, "to unite")
(Part 2 of 4: fear and hatred of tobacco smoke and the efforts to restrict smoking in public places)
(Part 4 of 4: smoking in public and the efforts to ban, or to restrict, second-hand smoke that threatens the lives of waiters, waitresses, and innocent customers so they don't have to suffer from the discomfort and health perils presented by smokers)
(Latin: from fuscus, a small rush basket; then, a purse, public purse, public revenue)
(a slip of the tongue, a mistake in uttering a word, an imprudent word inadvertently spoken; as expressed by public personalities in this series of articles)
(Latin: individual; not in public life; apart from the State; belonging to an individual)
(conduct of public affairs for private advantages; people who have the gift of gab and the gift of grab)
(Greek: rhetorike tekhne, "the technique or art of public speaking" > Latin: orator; that which is spoken)
(unsanitary toilets for the public)
Word Entries containing the term:
“public”
political-public speaking
Comedic Definition: All in a dais work.
This entry is located in the following units:
Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
(page 6)
publi-, pub-
(page 1)
Quotes: Politics, Politicians
(page 1)
A branch of archeeology dealing with the impact of construction and development on archaeological sites and laws enacted to lessen the threat: In the U.S., public archaeology has helped to create the industries of salvage archaeology or cultural resource management (in the U.K., it is called "rescue archaeology").
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archaeo-, archeo-, archae-, arche-, archa-, archi-, -arch
(page 7)
-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist
(page 66)
publi-, pub-
(page 1)
public opinion poll
Nonsensus of opinion.
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Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
(page 7)
publi-, pub-
(page 1)
We never really grow up; we only learn how to behave in public.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
(page 6)