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  • 31public — 1. adjective 1) public affairs Syn: state, national, federal, government; constitutional, civic, civil, official, social, municipal, community, communal, local; nationalized Ant …

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  • 32public — Synonyms and related words: Babbittish, Everyman, John Doe, Philistine, Public, accessible, acknowledged, adherent, admitted, affirmed, alehouse, announced, apparent, appendage, associated, attendant, audience, available, bar, barrel house,… …

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  • 33public — n. 1) to educate, enlighten the public 2) to fool, mislead the public 3) the general; great British (BE; humorous); reading; theatergoing; traveling public 4) in public * * * [ pʌblɪk] enlighten the public mislead the public reading theatergoing… …

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  • 34public — 1. adjective 1) public affairs Syn: state, national, government, constitutional, civic, civil, official, social, municipal, community, nationalized 2) by public demand Syn …

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  • 35public — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English publique, from Anglo French, from Latin publicus; akin to Latin populus people Date: 14th century 1. a. exposed to general view ; open b. well known, prominent c. perceptible, mat …

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  • 36public — adjective 1》 of, concerning, or open to the people as a whole.     ↘involved in the affairs of the community, especially in government or entertainment: a public figure. 2》 done, perceived, or existing in open view. 3》 of or provided by the state …

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  • 37public — See: AIR ONE S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC or WASH ONE S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC, IN THE PUBLIC EYE …

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  • 38public — See: AIR ONE S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC or WASH ONE S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC, IN THE PUBLIC EYE …

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  • 39Public — A reference to anything that can be possessed or freely researched by any person or group of people in the general population. The term public is most commonly used to describe a company s shares or any other type of financial instrument that… …

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  • 40public — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. popular, common, general; civic, political, national; notorious, known, published; communal, free. See publication, populace, humanity.Ant., private. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Open to the public]… …

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