how to pronounce public

/ˈpʌb.lɪk/

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public is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of public in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the space to the public also and this is …”

meaning of public

Public means open to people in general.

public frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word public occurs in english on average 380.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics public can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that public can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;