general public en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (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.
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(plural, plural-only) Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople.
After days of intensifying pressure from runners, politicians and the general public to call off the New York City Marathon in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, city officials and the event’s organizers decided Friday afternoon to cancel the race.
2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2012:
Translations (35)
ru ма́ссы (members of the public who have no special role) · nb allmennhet (members of the public who have no special role) · pl społeczeństwo (members of the public who have no special role) · ja 大衆 (members of the public who have no special role) · it pubblico generale (members of the public who have no special role) · ru широ́кая пу́блика (members of the public who have no special role) · vi xã hội (members of the public who have no special role) · nn ålmente (members of the public who have no special role) · es gran público (members of the public who have no special role) · cmn 外行 (laypeople) · cmn 公眾 /公众 (members of the public who have no special role) · cmn 大眾 /大众 (members of the public who have no special role) · ar عَامَّة اَلنَّاس (members of the public who have no special role) · da offentlighed (members of the public who have no special role) · ja 一般の人々 (members of the public who have no special role) · ja 門外漢 (laypeople) · ja 素人 (laypeople) · nn allmente (members of the public who have no special role) · ta பொதுமக்கள் (laypeople) · da almenhed (members of the public who have no special role) · es legos (laypeople) · fi suuri yleisö (members of the public who have no special role) · sv folkdjup (members of the public who have no special role) · ru обще́ственность (members of the public who have no special role) · vi công chúng (members of the public who have no special role) · fr grand public (members of the public who have no special role) · fi suuri yleisö (laypeople) · gl público en xeral (members of the public who have no special role) · mi iwi whānui (members of the public who have no special role) · ru миря́не (laypeople) · ru дилета́нты (laypeople) · de Allgemeinheit (members of the public who have no special role) · ta பொதுமக்கள் (members of the public who have no special role) · es profanos (laypeople) · cmn 群眾 /群众 (members of the public who have no special role)