Definition of Public

Babylon English Dictionary

open to all people, freely accessible; pertaining to an entire population; general, universal

place that is accessible to the general population; population as a whole, populace; community, group of people with common interests or qualities

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Public Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

Latin Dictionaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary

publicus

Public Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

English English Dictionaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(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.

(n.)
A public house; an inn.

(a.)
Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.

(a.)
Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.

(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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

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public
\pub"lic\, n.
1. 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. the public is more disposed to censure than to praise.
2. a public house; an inn. [scot.] w. scott.

similar words(45)

public-spirited
public law
public-minded
public lavatory
free public house
right to speedy and public trial by jury
public orator
public-mindedness
public opinion
public works
public-hearted
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public nuisance
public lecture
public mover
public security
public-key cryptography
public school
general public license
public press
public treasury
public utility
public switched telephone network
public war
public stores
internet public library
public speaker
general public virus
quasi-public corporation
the public funds
in the public eye
initial public offering
public eye
public address system
public domain
public-spiritedly
public credit
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Welsh Dictionaries

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary

Anghyhoedd = a. not public

Arwerth = n. public sale

Cyhoedd = a. public; notorious

Gorwys = n. a public summons

Thesaurus Dictionaries

WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
(synonym) populace, world
(hypernym) people
(hyponym) admass
(member-meronym) audience
2. a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"
(hypernym) body

Adjective
1. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"
(antonym) private
(similar) in the public eye(p)
(see-also) exoteric
2. affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"
(similar) common

Public Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Finance Dictionaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary

Individual investors who trade single securities independently or invest in intermediaries such as mutual funds, as opposed to professional investors.

Investment Dictionaries

Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description

Public Service Enterprise
Exchange: NYSE
Holding company with subsidiaries which generate, transmit, distribute and sell electric energy; Distribute, transport and sell natural gas; Invest in and develop cogeneration and small power production facilities; Explore for and produce oil and gas; And perform non-residential real estate development.

PUBLIC SERVICE E & G CO
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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
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PUBLIC SVC ELEC & GAS CAP
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PUBLIC SERVICE E & G CO
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PUBLIC SVC CO NEW MEXICO
Exchange: NYSE
Generates, transmits, distributes and sells electricity within new mexico; Gathers, processes, transmits, distributes and sells natural gas within new mexico; Pumps, stores, transmits, distributes and sells water in sante fe, new mexico; And offers other energy management services.

PUBLIC STORAGE INC
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PUBLIC STRORAGE INC
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PUBLIC STORAGE INC
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PUBLIC SERVICE CO OK
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Public Service Co of Colo
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Public Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Psychology Dictionaries

Phobia

Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets.
Fear of leaving a safe place

Fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak

Fear of writing in public

Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations

Public Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Mathematics & Statistics Dictionaries

Bureau of Labor Statistics Glossary

There is a new, simplified version of Selective Access called Public Data Query, which requires a Java-enabled browser. You make your choices regarding which timeseries data you want on a single screen.

Miscellaneous Dictionaries

Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems

A system involving individuals whose communications have no specific receiver and are (ideally) accessible to all members of a community or society, e.g., a public debate, the mass media (to the extent it reflects public opinion and sentiments). (Krippendorff)

Public Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

Programming Dictionaries

Vb Glossary 1.0

Public

Variables declared using the Public statement are visible to all procedures in all modules in all applications unless Option Private Module is in effect. In that case, the variables are public only within the project in which they reside.

JDK Doc(JAVA)

- Static variable in interface java.lang.reflect.Member
public static final int PUBLIC
Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface, including inherited members.See Also: SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess(java.lang.Class, int)

- Static variable in class java.lang.reflect.Modifier
public static final int PUBLIC
The int value representing the public modifier.

- Static variable in interface javax.swing.text.html.parser.DTDConstants
public static final int PUBLIC

Noman's Java(TM) Glossary

A Java programming language keyword used in a method or variable declaration. It signifies that the method or variable can be accessed by elements residing in other classes.

Public Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia Dictionaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia

In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individuals, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, it has suffered in more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder.

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Public Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries

Legal - General Dictionaries

The 'Lectric Law Library

By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.

A distinction has been made between the terms public and general, they are sometimes used as synonymous. The former term is applied strictly to that which concerns all the citizens and every member of the state; while the latter includes a lesser, though still a large portion of the community.

When the public interests and its rights conflict with those of an individual, the latter must yield. if, for example, a road is required for public convenience, and in its course it passes on the ground occupied by a house, the latter must be torn down, however valuable it may be to the owner. In such a case both law and justice require that the owner shall be fully indemnified.

This term is sometimes joined to other terms, to designate those things which have a relation to the public; as, a public officer, a public road, a public passage, a public house.

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.

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