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Definition of: public

(publik) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or affecting the people at large or the community: distinguished from private or personal.
2. Open to all; maintained by or for the public: public parks; participated in by the people: a public demonstration.
3. For the use of the public; specifically, for hire: a public cab, hall, etc.
4. Done or made in public or without concealment; well-known; open; notorious: a public scandal.
5. Occupying an official or professional position; acting before or for the community: a public speaker. See synonyms under COMMON, GENERAL.
noun The people collectively, or in general, of a particular locality or nation; also, all those persons who may be grouped together for any given purpose: the church-going public.
[<OF <L publicus, alter. of poplicus (through infl. of pubes an adult) <poplus, populus people]

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Statistical data

"public" has the frequency of use of 0.0501% on city-data.com forum

"public" has the frequency of use of 0.0315% on en.wikipedia.org.

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