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Plural of public

regular plural

The plural of public is publics.

Forms of public

Singularpublic /ˈpʌb.lɪk/
Pluralpublics
Countablecountable and uncountable

Publics in a sentence

  • Generally, you as a public relations writer have multiple publics starting with your employer and your employer's publics (of course).2005, Donald Treadwell, Jill B. Treadwell, “Theoretical Influences on Public Relations Writing”, in Public Relations Writing: Principles in...
  • Russian publics report that the fighters of the Wagner group have already practically taken possession of Soledar, there are fights on the outskirts, where the Vushniks are trying to fight back in the salt mines.2023 January 7, Alexander Grigoryev, “Russian public: PMC "Wagner" fighters report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using unidentified...
  • Which forms of political cues convey or reinforce which meanings in mass publics?1971, Murray Edelman, Politics as Symbolic Action: Mass Arousal and Quiescence, page 36. From the entry aesthetic information

Meaning of public

  1. adjective Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
  2. adjective 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.
  3. adjective Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.

Full definition of public

Questions about the plural of public

What is the plural of public?
The plural of public is publics.
Is public countable?
Public is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: public (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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