Meanings
- not comparableSomewhat, but not entirely, public.
THERE are three things people think they know about Jessica Seinfeld, the semipublic wife of the popular comedian:
2007 November 4, Allen Salkin, “How I Met Jerry Seinfeld, Scene 1, Take 2”, in New York Times1 more example
These semipublic, philanthropic organizations later came to regard the so-called Lancasterian system as ideal, since it offered mass education at low cost.
2004, Paul Seattler, The Evolution of American Educational Technology, page 33
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving some of the features of public institution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- Englishpublic
- Englishsemipublic
Cite this entry
semipublic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semipublic
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