public

Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.

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

Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.

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

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

(broadly, not comparable)(not comparable, by extension, object-oriented programming) Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass.

(archaic)Pertaining to nations collectively, or to nations regarded as civilized; international, supernational.

(archaic)Now chiefly in public spirit and public-spirited: seeking to further the best interests or well-being of the community or nation.

(archaic)Now only in public figure: famous, prominent, well-known.

(UK, historical)(UK, education, chiefly historical) 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.

(obsolete)Of or pertaining to the human race as a whole; common, universal.

(obsolete)Chiefly in make public: of a work: printed or otherwise published.

(countable, uncountable)Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.

(countable, uncountable)Preceded by a possessive determiner such as my, your, or their: a group of people who support a particular person, especially a performer, a writer, etc.; an audience, a following.

(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable)Ellipsis of public house or (dated) public bar (“an inn, a pub: the more basic bar in a public house, as contrasted with the lounge bar or saloon bar which has more comfortable seats, personalized service, etc.”).

Đồng nghĩa: alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house, pub, public house, rummery, saloon, tavern, watering hole

(countable, uncountable)Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic.

the cinema-going public

the reading public

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Chiefly preceded by the: a collective body of a politically organized nation or state; a body politic, a nation, a state; also, the interest or well-being of such a collective body; the common good.

Đồng nghĩa: commonweal, public interest, public good

(US, countable, obsolete, uncountable)At Harvard University: a penalty imposed on a student involving a grade reduction which is communicated to the student's parents or guardian.

(uncountable)Chiefly in in public: the presence of spectators or people generally; the open.

(neologism)(non-native speakers' English, neologism) An internet publication.

(archaic, transitive)(transitive, originally Scotland, archaic) To make (something) openly or widely known; to publicize, to publish.