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(adj)
Somewhat, but not entirely, public.
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(usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
(n)
The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.
Not restricted or confined.
Not exclusive
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
supported and operated by the government of a state
(adv)
In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
The state or quality of being aware of something.
Alternative spelling of generalized. [Made more general, less specialized.]
(pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
The act of revealing something.
Readily obtainable.
Generally; with everything considered.
Open and not concealed or secret.
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Official.
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
An act of being of assistance to someone.
(generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population.
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
Of or relating to society.
Wide in extent or scope.
(v)
(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
(physical) Matter, material.
The group of all citizens; citizens taken collectively.
(with a superlative adjective) Beyond all others.
(countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
(uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
A section.
The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
Approved by authority; authorized.
Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.
A prosecuting attorney.
Of or relating to administering or administration.
A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
Shared by a community; public.
(comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.
Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.
The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
Of or pertaining to a budget.
The collected readers of a publication.
A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role.
Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
Relating to a government.
Having supreme, ultimate power.
(transitive) To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
Alternative spelling of public sector. [Of or relating to a public sector.]
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
(of a publication) Issued for sale to the public
(intransitive) To press forward; to advance by pushing.
(business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.
The act of publishing printed or other matter.
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
Owned, controlled by, and under the purview or responsibility of a country's central government or its agencies and institutions.
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
The payment made to rent something.
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.