Meaning

2 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Those members of the public who have no special role in a particular area, such as an airport, hospital or railway station; there will typically be restrictions on their access.

    Allgemeinheit

    обще́ственностьobščéstvennostʹ, ма́ссыmássy, широ́кая пу́бликаširókaja públika

  2. (plural, plural only)Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople.

    миря́неmirjáne, дилета́нтыdiletánty

Examples

10 sentences
  1. The mayor addressed the general public.

    Мер звернувся до громадськості. — ascolto

    ruМэр обратился к общественности. — odexed

    deDer Bürgermeister wandte sich an die Öffentlichkeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. All our events are open to the general public.

  3. The general public can't attend.

  4. Tom isn't managing to attract the general public.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. My professor sneers at science books for the general public.

    deMein Professor spottet über populärwissenschaftliche Bücher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · shekitten · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
members of the public who have no special role:
laypeople:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
members of the public who have no special role:

Forms

plural: general publics
Singulargeneral public
Pluralgeneral publics

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
general public — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto