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Public
/ˈpʌblɪk/
Something accessible or shared by everyone within a community or society.
Synonyms:
communal
open
societal
collective
Antonyms:
private
personal
Examples:
Everything was made very
public
in the newspapers.
The grief and the rage of the
public
would be intense.
The
public
believes what they read, Neely.
Etymology:
Derived from Latin
publicus
, meaning
of the people
, itself from
populus
, meaning
people
. First known use dates back to 14th century.
Usage Statistics:
267 mentions per 1 million words
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