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公共 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • public adj Open and visible to everyone; not hidden or private.

Senses

公共 is used for these senses in English:

  • public Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. [from 15th c.]
  • public (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

public — full definition

  1. adj Open and visible to everyone; not hidden or private.
  2. adj Provided by the government for use by the whole community, funded by taxes.
  3. adj Relating to a company whose shares are traded on the stock market.
  4. noun Ordinary people in general; the community as a whole.

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