pvblic

Adjective

public (comparative more public, superlative most public)

1. Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
   • 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.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
2. 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.
   • public library public park
   1. Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.
3. Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
   • [S]tanding publick Records have been kept of theſe vvell atteſted Relations, and Epocha’s made of thoſe unvvonted events.1667, J[oseph] G[lanvill], Some Philosophical Considerations Touching the Being of Witches and Witchcraft. […], London: […] E[llen] C[otes] for James Collins […], →OCLC, page 5
4. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
   • public housing public officer public prosecutor public servant
5. 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.
   • public face public image

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