Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
public
Universal Words
adjective, noun
adjective
of ordinary people
1 [onlybeforenoun] connected with ordinary people in society in general:
The campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the issues. * Levels of waste from the factory may be a danger to public health. * Why would the closure of hospitals be in the public interest (= useful to ordinary people)? * The media has a powerful influence on public opinion. * The government had to bow to public pressure.
for everyone
2 [onlybeforenoun] provided, especially by the government, for the use of people in general:
a public education system * a public library / telephone * public transport / transportation
OPPPRIVATE
of government
3 [onlybeforenoun] connected with the government and the services it provides:
public money / spending / funding / expenditure * He spent much of his career in public office (= working in the government). * (BrE) the public purse (= the money that the government can spend) * The rail industry is no longer in public ownership (= controlled by the government).
OPPPRIVATE
seen / heard by people
4 known to people in general:
a public figure (= a person who is well known because they are often on the television, radio, etc.) * Details of the government report have not yet been made public. * She entered public life (= started a job in which she became known to the public) at the age of 25. * This latest scandal will not have done their public image (= the opinion that people have of them) any good.
OPPPRIVATE
5 open to people in general; intended to be seen or heard by people in general:
a public apology / inquiry / investigation * The painting will be put on public display next week. * This may be the band's last public appearance together.
place
6 where there are a lot of people who can see and hear you:
Let's go somewhere a little less public.
OPPPRIVATE
publicly adverb:
a publicly owned company * He later publicly apologized for his comments. * This information is not publicly available.
IDIOMS
go public
1 to tell people about sth that is a secret:
A court order failed to stop her going public with the story.
2 (of a company) to start selling shares on the STOCKEXCHANGE
in the public eye well known to many people through newspapers and television:
She doesn't want her children growing up in the public eye.
moreatKNOWLEDGE
noun [sing.+sing./pl.v.]
ordinary people
1 (the public) ordinary people in society in general:
The palace is now open to the public. * There have been many complaints from members of the public. * The public has / have a right to know what is contained in the report.
seealsoTHEGENERALPUBLIC
group of people
2 a group of people who share a particular interest or who are involved in the same activity:
the theatre-going public * She knows how to keep her public (= for example, the people who buy her books) satisfied.
IDIOMS
in public when other people, especially people you do not know, are present:
She doesn't like to be seen in public without her make-up on. * They never argue in public.
compareINPRIVATE
moreatWASHv.