The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English
public
noun [U] (PEOPLE) /ˈpʌb·lɪk/Definition
› all the people, esp. all those in one place or country: The park is open to the public from sunrise to sunset. › The public is also the people who do not belong to a particular group or organization: The book is not yet available to the general public. › Your public is the people involved with you or your organization, esp. in a business relationship: The newspapers publish the stories they know their public wants to read.
(Definition of public noun (PEOPLE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Focus on the pronunciation of public
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “public”
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
