I.
noun
1 the public people in general
ADJECTIVE
▪ general
VERB + THE PUBLIC
▪ educate , inform
▪
The government was slow to inform the ~ about the health hazards of asbestos.
▪ protect
▪ serve
▪ mislead
▪
He accused the administration of deliberately misleading the ~ on this issue.
▪ be open to
▪
The house is open to the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
He rarely appears in ~ these days.
PHRASES
▪ a member of the ~
2 group of people with sth in common
ADJECTIVE
▪ book-buying , movie-going , paying , reading , sporting ( esp. BrE ), theatre-going/theater-going , travelling/traveling , viewing , voting , etc.
▪
Satellite television has provided the viewing ~ with a wide choice.
▪ broader , larger , wider
▪
Her work is now available to a wider ~.
II.
adj.
Public is used with these nouns: ↑ acceptance , ↑ access , ↑ acclaim , ↑ accommodation , ↑ accountability , ↑ accountancy , ↑ accusation , ↑ acknowledgement , ↑ act , ↑ address , ↑ administration , ↑ affair , ↑ agency , ↑ agenda , ↑ agitation , ↑ alarm , ↑ amenity , ↑ anger , ↑ announcement , ↑ anxiety , ↑ apathy , ↑ apology , ↑ appearance , ↑ appetite , ↑ appointment , ↑ appreciation , ↑ approval , ↑ archive , ↑ arena , ↑ art , ↑ assembly , ↑ asset , ↑ assistance , ↑ association , ↑ attention , ↑ attitude , ↑ auction , ↑ authority , ↑ awareness , ↑ backlash , ↑ bar , ↑ bathroom , ↑ benefactor , ↑ benefit , ↑ body , ↑ broadcaster , ↑ building , ↑ bus , ↑ campaign , ↑ care , ↑ celebration , ↑ cemetery , ↑ censure , ↑ ceremony , ↑ character , ↑ choice , ↑ clamour , ↑ clinic , ↑ collection , ↑ college , ↑ comment , ↑ commission , ↑ commitment , ↑ company , ↑ concern , ↑ concert , ↑ condemnation , ↑ confession , ↑ confidence , ↑ consciousness , ↑ consultation , ↑ consumption , ↑ controversy , ↑ corporation , ↑ corruption , ↑ criticism , ↑ curiosity , ↑ cynicism , ↑ danger , ↑ database , ↑ debate , ↑ debt , ↑ decency , ↑ declaration , ↑ demand , ↑ demonstration , ↑ denunciation , ↑ dialogue , ↑ diplomacy , ↑ disagreement , ↑ disapproval , ↑ discontent , ↑ discussion , ↑ disgrace , ↑ disgust , ↑ disillusionment , ↑ disorder , ↑ display , ↑ dispute , ↑ dissatisfaction , ↑ distrust , ↑ disturbance , ↑ document , ↑ domain , ↑ donation , ↑ duty , ↑ education , ↑ embarrassment , ↑ employee , ↑ employer , ↑ employment , ↑ engagement , ↑ enquiry , ↑ enterprise , ↑ entertainment , ↑ enthusiasm , ↑ entity , ↑ esteem , ↑ examination , ↑ execution , ↑ exhibit , ↑ exhibition , ↑ expectation , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ exposure , ↑ expression , ↑ face , ↑ facility , ↑ faith , ↑ fascination , ↑ favour , ↑ fear , ↑ feeling , ↑ feud , ↑ figure , ↑ finance , ↑ footpath , ↑ forum , ↑ fund , ↑ funding , ↑ funeral , ↑ furore , ↑ fury , ↑ gallery , ↑ garden , ↑ gathering , ↑ gaze , ↑ grief , ↑ hall , ↑ health , health service, ↑ hearing , ↑ high school , ↑ highway , ↑ holiday , ↑ hospital , ↑ hostility , ↑ housing , ↑ humiliation , ↑ hygiene , ↑ hysteria , ↑ image , ↑ imagination , ↑ importance , ↑ impression , ↑ inconvenience , ↑ indecency , ↑ indifference , ↑ indignation , ↑ inspection , ↑ institution , ↑ interest , ↑ investment , ↑ knowledge , ↑ land , ↑ launch , ↑ lavatory , ↑ lecture , ↑ letter , ↑ librarian , ↑ library , ↑ life , ↑ loo , ↑ manifestation , ↑ meeting , ↑ memorial , ↑ memory , ↑ menace , ↑ mind , ↑ money , ↑ monopoly , ↑ monument , ↑ mood , ↑ moral , ↑ morality , ↑ mourning , ↑ museum , ↑ nature , ↑ need , ↑ notice , ↑ notoriety , ↑ nuisance , ↑ office , ↑ official , ↑ opinion , ↑ opposition , ↑ order , ↑ outcry , ↑ outrage , ↑ ownership , ↑ panic , ↑ park , ↑ participation , ↑ path , ↑ penance , ↑ perception , ↑ performance , ↑ phone , ↑ place , ↑ policy , ↑ praise , ↑ procession , ↑ proclamation , ↑ profile , ↑ project , ↑ prominence , ↑ property , ↑ prosecutor , ↑ protest , ↑ purse , ↑ radio , ↑ rally , ↑ reaction , ↑ reading , ↑ realm , ↑ rebuke , ↑ reception , ↑ recognition , ↑ record , ↑ referendum , ↑ register , ↑ regulation , ↑ relation , ↑ report , ↑ representative , ↑ reprimand , ↑ reputation , ↑ resistance , ↑ resource , ↑ response , ↑ responsibility , ↑ restroom , ↑ revenue , ↑ rhetoric , ↑ ridicule , ↑ rift , ↑ ritual , ↑ road , ↑ row , ↑ safety , ↑ sanitation , ↑ scandal , ↑ scepticism , ↑ school , ↑ scorn , ↑ scrutiny , ↑ sculpture , ↑ sector , ↑ self , ↑ sentiment , ↑ servant , ↑ service , ↑ session , ↑ setting , ↑ sex , ↑ shame , ↑ show , ↑ showing , ↑ sidewalk , ↑ space , ↑ speaker , ↑ spectacle , ↑ speech , ↑ spending , ↑ sphere , ↑ spirit , ↑ spotlight , ↑ squabble , ↑ squalor , ↑ square , ↑ stance , ↑ stand , ↑ standing , ↑ statement , ↑ stature , ↑ subsidy , ↑ success , ↑ support , ↑ sympathy , ↑ system , ↑ talk , ↑ taste , ↑ telecommunications , ↑ telephone , ↑ television , ↑ tender , ↑ testimony , ↑ toilet , ↑ transit , ↑ transport , ↑ transportation , ↑ trial , ↑ trust , ↑ trustee , ↑ understanding , ↑ undertaking , ↑ unease , ↑ university , ↑ unrest , ↑ uproar , ↑ utility , ↑ venue , ↑ view , ↑ virtue , ↑ visibility , ↑ ward , ↑ watchdog , ↑ welfare , ↑ will , ↑ worship