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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Public \Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people:
cf. F. public. See People.]
1. 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.
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To the public good
Private respects must yield. --Milton.
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He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of
the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D.
Webster.
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2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common;
notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
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Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public
example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt.
i. 19.
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3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public
house. ``The public street.'' --Shak.
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public act or public statute (Law), an act or statute
affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the
courts take judicial notice.
Public credit. See under Credit.
Public funds. See Fund, 3.
Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment.
Public law.
(a) See International law, under International.
(b) A public act or statute.
Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance.
Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3.
Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.
Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for
public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but
strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed
at the public cost.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Public \Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people:
cf. F. public. See People.]
1. 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.
To the public good Private respects must yield.
--Milton.
He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of
the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D.
Webster.
2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common;
notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public
example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt.
i. 19.
3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public
house. ``The public street.'' --Shak.
Public act or statute (Law), an act or statute affecting
matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts
take judicial notice.
Public credit. See under Credit.
Public funds. See Fund, 3.
Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment.
Public law.
(a) See International law, under International.
(b) A public act or statute.
Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance.
Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3.
Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.
Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for
public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but
strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed
at the public cost.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
public works
n : structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks)
constructed at government expense for public use
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
public works
n.
Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by
the government on behalf of the community.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
public works
n.
Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by
the government on behalf of the community.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
public works
n.
Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by
the government on behalf of the community.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
public works
n.
Technical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by
the government on behalf of the community.
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
public works /pˈʌblɪk wˈɜːks/
1. सार्वजनिक निर्माण
"A huge public works program was organised last week."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
public works /pˈʌblɪk wˈɜːks/
javni radovi
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
public works /pˈʌblɪk wˈɜːks/
1. közmunka
2. közmû
3. közmûvek
4. középületek
From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
public works /pˈʌblɪk wˈɜːks/
pekerjaan umum
projects carried out by the government
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
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