Dictionary Entry
public
public is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
- 2adjective
Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
- 3adjective
Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
- 4noun
The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.
- 5noun
A public house; an inn.
- 6noun
a body of people sharing some common interest
"the reading public"
- 7noun
people in general considered as a whole
"he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
- 8adjective
affecting the people or community as a whole
"community leaders"
"community interests"
- 9adjective
not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
"the public good"
"public libraries"
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