public

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈpʰʌblɪk/
• SAMPA: /"p_hVblIk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pub‧lic

Adjective

Positive public

Comparative more public

Superlative most public

1. Something is public if it is about or for all the people.

   You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.

Related words

• publication
• publicize/publicise

Noun

Singular public

Plural publics

1. (uncountable) All of the people in a big place like a country.

   I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it.

   Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough.

   The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.