Meaning of public | Babel Free

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1. Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
2. To reveal to the public a previously unknown or secret piece of information: The president finally had to go public with the scandal.
3. Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
4. audience
5. 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).
6. Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.
7. of, for, or concerning, the people (of a community or nation) in general. a public library; a public meeting; Public opinion turned against him; The public announcements are on the back page of the newspaper; This information should be made public and not kept secret any longer. publiek, openbaar عام، شائِع، عُمومي обществен público veřejný öffentlich offentlig δημόσιος, κοινόςpúblico avalik عمومی julkinen publicציבורי जघन nyilvános; köz- publik almennur, almennings-, almanna-; opinber pubbli...
8. Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
9. publiek عَلَنا، جَهارا обществено publicamente veřejně öffentlich offentligt δημόσιαpúblicamente avalikult بطور علنی julkisesti publiquementבפומבי सार्वजनिक nyilvánosan di muka umum opinberlega pubblicamente 公に 공개적으로, 공적으로, 여론으로 viešai publiski; atklāti secara terbuka in het openbaaroffentligpublicznie په ښكاره توګه publicamente (în mod) public публично verejne javno javno offentligt อย่างเปิดเผยให้รู้ açıkça, herkesin önünde 當眾，公開地 публічно; відкрито اعلانيہ، کھلم کھلا công khai 当众，公开地
10. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
11. to make widely known; to advertise. We are publicizing a new product. publiseer يُعْلِن عن، يُشْهِر، يُرَوِّج разгласявам fazer a publicidade de propagovat Reklame machen für præsentere δημοσιοποιώ, διαφημίζω, προπαγανδίζωhacer publicidad reklaamima تبلیغ کردن julkistaa faire de la publicité pour לָתֵת פִּרסוּם ל- विज्ञापन करना, प्रचार करना reklámoz mempublikasikan auglÿsa pubblicizzare 宣伝する 광고하다, 공표하다 reklamuoti, skelbti reklamēt; popularizēt membuat publisiti bekend maken, reclame maken voo...
12. Pertaining to a person in the capacity in which they deal with other people on a formal or official basis, as opposed to a personal or private capacity; official, professional.
13. a day on which all (or most) shops, offices and factories are closed for a holiday. openbare vakansiedag عُطْلَة عامَّه официален празник feriado státní svátek öffentlicher Feiertag offentlig fridag δημόσια αργία fiesta nacional rahvapüha تعطیل رسمی pyhäpäivä fête légale חַג רשמִי सार्वजनिक छुट्टी hivatalos ünnep v. munkaszüneti nap liburan umum almennur frídagur (festa nazionale) 祝祭日 공휴일 valstybinė šventė valsts svētki/svinamā diena cuti umum feestdagoffentlig fridag święto urzędowe رسمى رخص...
14. Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass.
    broadly, not-comparable
15. a house where alcoholic drinks are sold to the public. kroeg حانَه، خَمّارَه кръчма bar hostinec, restaurace die Kneipe værtshus μπιραρία bar, pub kõrts, trahter بار pubi débit de boissons בֵּית-מַרזֵחַ शराबखाना, मधुशाला kocsma, pub rumah minum krá (locale pubblico in cui sono venduti alcolici) パブ 선술집 alinė, smuklė, baras krogs; bārs kedai minuman keras cafévertshuspub ميخانه، شرابخانه barпаб, пивная, бар hostinec lokal, točilnica pab pub ร้านขายเหล้าขนาดเล็ก meyhane 小酒館，客棧 корчма, шинок شراب...
16. Pertaining to nations collectively, or to nations regarded as civilized; international, supernational.
    archaic
17. the attitude, understanding etc between a firm, government etc and the public. skakelwese عُلاقات عامَّه връзки с обществеността relações públicas styk s veřejností die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit public relations; PR δημόσιες σχέσειςrelaciones públicas suhted avalikkusega روابط عمومی suhdetoiminta relations publiques יַחֲסֵי צִיבּוּר जनसम्पर्क közkapcsolatok, közönségkapcsolatok, PR hubungan masyarakat almannatengsl pubbliche relazioni 広報活動 홍보, 섭외, 평판 ryšiai su visuomene, viešieji ryšiai attiecība...
    etc
18. Now chiefly in public spirit and public-spirited: seeking to further the best interests or well-being of the community or nation.
    archaic
19. (especially American) an announcement on television or radio given as a service to the public. algemene aankondiging, amptelike aankondiging إعْلان خِدمَة عامَّه съобщение в услуга на населението anúncio de serviço público informační služba pro veřejnost die Veröffentlichung oplysning i radio og tv vedrørende offentlig serviceydelse δημόσια ανακοίνωση εξυπηρέτησης ή ωφέλειας του πολίτη anuncio de utilidad pública avalik teadaanne اعلام عمومی julkinen tiedote הוֹדָעוֹת לַצִיבּוּר लोकसेवा, जनसे...
    especially American
20. Now only in public figure: famous, prominent, well-known.
    archaic
21. a desire to do things for the good of the community. burgersin روح المَصْلَحة العامَّة обществено съзнание dedicação à comunidade úsilí o dobro společnosti der Gemeinsinn samfundssind ενδιαφέρον για τα κοινά civismo kodanikutunne نیکوکاری ryhmähenki civisme נְכוֹנוּת לִפעוֹל לְמָעַן הַצִיבּוּר लोकहित भाव, लोकभावना közösségi szellem pertasaan sosial félagsandi civismo, senso civico 公共心 공공심이 있는, 애국심 visuomeniškumo jausmas sabiedriskā aktivitāte semangat awam maatschappelijke gezindheid samfunns...
22. In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student.
    UK, historical
23. Of or pertaining to the human race as a whole; common, universal.
    obsolete
24. Chiefly in make public: of a work: printed or otherwise published.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.”

“[T]he Apoſtles preached as vvell vvhen they vvrote as vvhen they ſpake the Goſpell of Chriſt, and our vſuall publique reading of the vvord of God for the peoples inſtruction is preaching.”

“Thy [Jesus's] firſt publique miracle graceth a marriage; It is an ancient and laudable inſtitution, that the rites of matrimony ſhould not vvant a ſolemne celebration; VVhen are feaſts in ſeaſon, if not at the recouery of our loſt ribbe?”

“The Parliament alſo permitted General [George] Monck to ſend Mʳ [Thomas] Clarges his brother-in-law, accompanied vvith ſome Officers of the Army, to aſſure his Majeſty [Charles II of England] of the fidelity and obedience of the Army; vvhich had made publick and ſolemn proteſtations thereof, after the Letter and Declaration vvas communicated unto them by the General.”

“[O]ur last advices from Spain inform us, that the prince of Asturias had made his public entry into Madrid in great splendour.”

“Clear away! There was nothing they wouldn't have cleared away, or couldn't have cleared away, with old Fezziwig looking on. It was done in a minute. Every movable was packed off, as if it were dismissed from public life for evermore; the floor was swept and watered, the lamps were trimmed, fuel was heaped upon the fire; and the warehouse was as snug, and warm, and dry, and bright a ball-room, as you would desire to see upon a winter's night.”

“Earlier this month [Tim] Godwin had to make a public apology to the family of Daniel Morgan after the collapse of a £30m inquiry into his murder in 1987.”

“Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.”

“public library    public park”

“I ſavv her once / Hop forty Paces through the publicke ſtreete, […]”

“There are some fields near Manchester, well known to the inhabitants as "Green Heys Fields," through which runs a public footpath to a little village about two miles distant.”

“Our late distinguished townsman, Noah Dow, Esquire, as is well known, bequeathed a large portion of his fortune to this establishment,—"being thereto moved," as his will expressed it, "by the desire of N. Dowing some publick Institution for the benefit of Mankind."”

“Then it occurred to me that I might be doing a rash thing in going off to an unknown house in a seedy suburb. So I went into a public telephone-booth, rang up the Club, and told the porter that if Colonel Arbuthnot called, I was at 4 Palmyra Square, N.W.—I made him write down the address—and would be back before ten o'clock.”

“The couple had hoped to be married on the actual steps of the State House but State House police made it impossible. Leary claimed that the police had told him that he would be "arrested" if he crossed the street. "They had no right to say that," he said. "The stairway there is a public stairway."”

“Officials say about 500 babies are abandoned each year in Western Cape province and that the number is increasing. Some are left for dead on rubbish tips, in refuge bags or at public toilets.”

“Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.”

“[S]tanding publick Records have been kept of theſe vvell atteſted Relations, and Epocha’s made of thoſe unvvonted events.”

“[I]f the nominated be to a place vvherein he is entruſted vvith the management of public moneys, he that nominates is ſurety for him, and is to make good vvhat he defrauds the Common-vvealth of.”

“I Profeſs in the ſincerity of my Heart that I have not the leaſt perſonal Intereſt in endeavouring to promote this neceſſary VVorks having no other Motive than the publick Good of my Country, by advancing our Trade, providing for Infants, relieving the Poor, and giving ſome Pleaſure to the Rich.”

“I knew a brazen minister of state, / Who bore for twice ten years the publick hate. / In every mouth the question most in vogue / Was, When will they turn out this odious rogue?”

“Money, being the instrument of an important public and private purpose, is rightly regarded as wealth; but everything else which serves any human purpose, and which nature does not afford gratuitously, is wealth also. […] Everything forms therefore a part of wealth, which has a power of purchasing; for which anything useful or agreeable would be given in exchange.”

“A mere 3% of the more than 1,000 people interviewed said they actually knew what the conference was about. It seems safe to say public awareness of the Convention on Biological Awareness in Nagoya – and its goal of safeguarding wildlife – is close to non-existent.”

“In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.”

“public housing    public officer    public prosecutor    public servant”

“Hee brought-in likevvise the ancient cuſtome againe, that in vvhat moneth hee had not the Knitches of rods vvith Axes borne before him, a publique Officer called Accensvs ſhould huiſher him before, and the Serjeants or Lictours follovv after behinde.”

“[T]hoſe vvho aſſiſt the Commonvvealth in a time of need vvith their eſtates, lending ſuch a ſum of mony as the Lavv determines, have liberty granted them to be preſent in this Council, and to underſtand the management of public affairs (yet vvithout povver of balloting) till ſuch time as their moneys be repaid, and ſometimes longer.”

“[P]oor Houſekeepers, vvho vvill be glad to accept of ſome private Benefactions, and yet, having lived creditably, till reduced by Misfortunes, are aſhamed to apply for publick Relief: […]”

“It is vvonderful, Sir, vvith hovv little real ſuperiority of mind men can make an eminent figure in publick life.”

“Eager to find material for stories, and bent on making them original in plot, if not masterly in execution, […] she excited the suspicions of public librarians by asking for works on poisons; […]”

“From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.”

“But culture's total budget is a tiny proportion of all public spending; it is one of the government's most visible success stories.”

“public face    public image”

“The first that I lay my hands on, is a treatise concerning 'the empire of beauty,' and the effects it has had in all nations of the world, upon the public and private actions of men; […]”

“The preacher […] who can say any thing new or striking, any thing that rouses the attention, without offending the taste, or wearing out the feelings of his hearers, is a man whom one could not (in his public capacity) honour enough.”

“[…] Nicodemus had not affirmed him [Jesus] to be a prophete, but ſayde: whoſoeuer he be, he ought not after our common, or rather publike law, (that is to ſaye, a lawe which indifferently perteyneth to all men of euery ſtate) to be condemned, except his cauſe be knowen before.”

“[S]uch a one concerns himſelf very needleſsly for almoſt all the publique Quarrels in Chriſtendome, and ſhevvs himſelf zealous for a party vvhich vvill receive no advantage by his diſquiets; […]”

“[T]he ſaid [Joseph] Palumbo vvas reſtrain'd to Saint Lorenzo; but being a popular man, and one knovvn to be a good Patriot, and of a publick ſoul, and a perſon of integrity; there vvere four thouſand of the beſt armed men joyn'd together, to vindicate and free the ſaid Palumbo, […]”

“Suppoſe I ſhou'd ſtrike firſt, vvou'd it not breed / Grief in your publick heart to ſee her bleed?”

“As thus vve talk'd, / Our hearts vvould burn vvithin us, vvould inhale / That portion of divinity, that ray / Of pureſt heaven, vvhich lights the public ſoul / Of patriots, and of heroes.”

“Napoleon had been the first man of the world, if his ends had been purely public.”

“I VVas not ſo publick here, as to be very vvell knovvn, at leaſt by any one that had Knovvledge of me in the Country vvhere I liv'd; and this vvas indeed my ſafety aftervvard, as you vvill ſoon hear; […]”

“I meruailled, why himſelf [Niccolò Leoniceno] did not practiſe Phiſike of whiche facultee he was a Doctour, and a publique reader: I auaile moche more, ſaieth he, in that I teach all thother Phiſiciãs [physicians].”

“In Iron Clouds conceal'd the Publick Light: / And Impious Mortals fear'd Eternal Night.”

“In the squares and places you see half-a-dozen of them together, sitting in a social circle on the bottoms of upturned baskets, knitting, talking, and enjoying the public sunshine, as if it were their own household fire.”

“The firſt of his [Hernán Cortés's] diſpatches has never been made public. It vvas ſent from Vera-Cruz, July 16th, 1519.”

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