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public Adjective 1. relating to the people as a whole 2. provided by the government: public service 3. open to all: public gardens 4. well-known: a public figure 5. performed or made openly: public proclamation 6. maintained by and for the community: a public library 7. open, acknowledged, or notorious: a public scandal 8. go public a. (of a private company) to offer shares for sale to the public: few German firms have gone public in recent years b. to make information, plans, etc., known: the group would not have gone public with its suspicions unless it was fully convinced of them Noun 1. the community or people in general 2. a particular section of the community: the racing public [Latin publicus] publicly adv Public the community; the people, 1611. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
public noun 1. people, society, country, population, masses, community, nation, everyone, citizens, voters, electorate, multitude, populace, hoi polloi, Joe Public (slang) Joe Six-Pack U.S. (slang) commonalty adjective 2. civic, government, state, national, local, official, community, social, federal, civil, constitutional, municipal adjective 4. open, community, accessible, communal, open to the public, unrestricted, free to all, not private << OPPOSITE private adjective 5. well-known, leading, important, respected, famous, celebrated, recognized, distinguished, prominent, influential, notable, renowned, eminent, famed, noteworthy, in the public eye Translationsin public → en público; n → public m; in public → en public; n the public (= in general) → die Öffentlichkeit (= particular set of people); das Publikum; to go public (Comm) → in eine Aktiengesellschaft umgewandelt werden; in public → in aller Öffentlichkeit; the general public → die Allgemeinheit n → pubblico; in public → in pubblico; the general public → il pubblico; |
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| The firm said going public would help it fund development of its extensive commercial and residential real estate holdings. The company did not say what it would do with the capital after going public. CICSA by Latin Trade Old Mutual plc has made it official, going public with a bid to acquire Sweden's Skandia Group. |
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