Meanings (ES + gloss)
público
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
Clear away! There was nothing they wouldn't have cleared away, or couldn't have cleared away, with old Fezziwig looking on. It was done in a minute. Every movable was packed off, a…
[O]ur last advices from Spain inform us, that the prince of Asturias had made his public entry into Madrid in great splendour.
público
Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
I knew a brazen minister of state, / Who bore for twice ten years the publick hate. / In every mouth the question most in vogue / Was, When will they turn out this odious rogue?
Money, being the instrument of an important public and private purpose, is rightly regarded as wealth; but everything else which serves any human purpose, and which nature does not…
público
Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
Eager to find material for stories, and bent on making them original in plot, if not masterly in execution, […] she excited the suspicions of public librarians by asking for works…
public housing public officer public prosecutor public servant
Phrases
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
público
Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichborne…