Usually means: Accessible to the general community.
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We found 47 dictionaries that define the word public:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. public, the public: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. public: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. public: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. public: Collins English Dictionary
  5. public: Vocabulary.com
  6. public, public, public, public: Wordnik
  7. public, the public: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. public: Wiktionary
  9. public: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. public: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. public: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. public, the public: Dictionary.com
  13. public (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. public: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Public (album), Public, The Public (film), The Public (newspaper), The Public (opera), The Public (play), The Public, The public: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Public: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. public: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. public: Rhymezone
  19. public, public (publique): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. public: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Public: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. public: Free Dictionary
  23. public: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. public: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. public: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. public: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. public: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Public: Investopedia
  9. public: Legal dictionary
  10. Public, The Public: Financial dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Public: Cybernetics and Systems
  2. Data Formats and Their Sugggested File Extensions (No longer online)
  3. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  4. public: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. PUBLIC: Acronym Finder
  2. public: Idioms
  3. public: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. public: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. public: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.
▸ adjective:  Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc.
▸ adjective:  Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community.
▸ adjective:  Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
▸ adjective:  (of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
▸ adjective:  (not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible to the program in general, not only to the class or any subclasses.
▸ noun:  The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
▸ noun:  (public relations) A particular group or demographic to be targeted.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A public house; an inn.
▸ noun:  (non-native speakers' English) An internet publication. Calque from Russian and Ukrainian па́блик (páblyk), па́блік (páblik).

Similar:
open, semipublic, common, community, world, populace, national, unrestricted, unexclusive, state, more...

Opposite:
private, confidential, secret, personal, exclusive

Types:
students, employees, customers, patients, passengers, visitors, audience, readers, viewers, more...

Phrases:
the public, In Public, public health, public opinion, public policy, more...

Adjectives:
general, american, british, wider, notary, english, larger, german, french, international, broader

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Similar:
open, semipublic, common, community, world, populace, national, unrestricted, unexclusive, state, more...

Opposite:
private, confidential, secret, personal, exclusive

Types:
students, employees, customers, patients, passengers, visitors, audience, readers, viewers, more...

Phrases:
the public, In Public, public health, public opinion, public policy, public sector, public schools, public relations, public interest, public service, general public, public library, public school, public works, more...

Adjectives:
general, american, british, wider, notary, english, larger, german, french, international, broader

Colors:
    blue,     green,     red,     yellow,     orange,     purple,     black,     white,     gray,     brown



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