in public

prepositional phrase

In view of other people, who may be strangers.

“Don't you know it's rude to pick your nose in public?”

Similar
publiclypublically
Opposite
in private
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. In view of other people, who may be strangers.

    Don't you know it's rude to pick your nose in public?

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
in private

adverbin a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly

Similar
publiclypublically
Also see
publicly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek δημοσίᾳ
  • δημοσίᾳ (dēmosíāi)in view of other people — see also publicly
Bulgarian открито, пред хората
  • открито (otkrito)in view of other people — see also publicly
  • пред хората (pred horata)in view of other people — see also publicly
Chinese Mandarin 當眾 /当众, 公開地 /公开地
  • 當眾 /当众 (dāngzhòng)in view of other people — see also publicly
  • 公開地 /公开地 (gōngkāi de)in view of other people — see also publicly
  • 在公共場合 /在公共场合 (zài gōnggòng chǎnghé)in view of other people — see also publicly
Dutch in het openbaar
  • in het openbaarin view of other people — see also publicly
Esperanto publike
  • publikein view of other people — see also publicly
Finnish julkisesti
  • julkisestiin view of other people — see also publicly
French en public
  • en publicin view of other people — see also publicly
German in der Öffentlichkeit
  • in der Öffentlichkeitin view of other people — see also publicly
Hungarian nyilvánosan, a nyilvánosság előtt (nagy)
  • nyilvánosanin view of other people — see also publicly
  • a nyilvánosság előtt (nagy)in view of other people — see also publicly
Icelandic opinberlega
  • opinberlegain view of other people — see also publicly
Irish go poiblí
  • go poiblíin view of other people — see also publicly
Latin pūblicē, palam
  • pūblicēin view of other people — see also publicly
  • palamin view of other people — see also publicly
  • prōpalamin view of other people — see also publicly
Portuguese em público
  • em públicoin view of other people — see also publicly
Spanish en público
  • en públicoin view of other people — see also publicly
Swedish offentligt
  • offentligtin view of other people — see also publicly
Cite this entry
APA

in public. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20public

MLA

“in public.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20public. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in public,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20public.

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