public

adjective
publ·ic
/ˈpʌblɪk/

Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.

Other meanings

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.
Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.

Example sentences

“The book is in the public domain.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“What form of public transportation do you prefer?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“People here depend on public transportation.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "pūblicus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “public” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.