general public
Those members of the public who have no special role in a particular area, such as an…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.
» The mayor addressed the general public.
Der Bürgermeister wandte sich an die Öffentlichkeit.
Мэр обратился к общественности.
Мер звернувся до громадськості.
Meaning
2 senses(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
(plural, plural only)Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople.
миря́неmirjáne, дилета́нтыdiletánty
Examples
10 sentencesThe mayor addressed the general public.
Мер звернувся до громадськості. — ascolto
ruМэр обратился к общественности. — odexed
deDer Bürgermeister wandte sich an die Öffentlichkeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
All our events are open to the general public.
The general public can't attend.
Tom isn't managing to attract the general public.
My professor sneers at science books for the general public.
deMein Professor spottet über populärwissenschaftliche Bücher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: general publics| Singular | general public |
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