Public Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance. | | 2. | done, made, acting, etc., for the community as a whole: public prosecution. | | 3. | open to all persons: a public meeting. | | 4. | of, pertaining to, or being in the service of a community or nation, esp. as a government officer: a public official. | | 5. | maintained at the public expense and under public control: a public library; a public road. | | 6. | generally known: The fact became public. | | 7. | familiar to the public; prominent: public figures. | | 8. | open to the view of all; existing or conducted
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in public: a public dispute. | | 9. | pertaining or devoted to the welfare or well-being of the community: public spirit. | | 10. | of or pertaining to all humankind; universal. | –noun | 11. | the people constituting a community, state, or nation. | | 12. | a particular group of people with a common interest, aim, etc.: the book-buying public. | | 13. | British Informal. a tavern; public house. | —Idioms | 14. | go public, | a. | to issue stock for sale to the general public. | | b. | to present private or previously concealed information, news, etc., to the public; make matters open to public view: The Senator threatened to go public with his Congressional-reform plan. | | | 15. | in public, not in private; in a situation open to public view or access; publicly: It was the first time that she had sung in public. | | 16. | make public, to cause to become known generally, as through the news media: Her resignation was made public this morning. | |
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Relation Definition–noun | 1. | an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect. | | 2. | relations, | a. | the various connections between peoples, countries, etc.: foreign relations. | | b. | the various connections in which persons are brought together: business and social relations. | | | 3. | the mode or kind of connection between one person and another, between an individual and God, etc. | | 4. | connection between persons by blood or marriage. | | 5. | a person who is related by blood or marriage; relative: his wife's relations. | | 6. | the act of relating, narrating, or telling; narration. | | 7. | Law. a principle whereby effect is given to an act done at one time as if it had been done at a previous time. | | 8. | Mathematics. | a. | a property that associates two quantities in a definite order, as equality or inequality. | | b. | a single- or multiple-valued function. | | —Idiom | 9. | in or with relation to, with ref
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erence to; concerning: It's best to plan with relation to anticipated changes in one's earnings. | |
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