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public
Adjective
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Something is public if it is about or for all the people.
You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.
public
Noun
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All of the people in a big place like a country.
I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it.
Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough.
The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.
code
Noun
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A code is a set of rules or laws.
Children usually learn their parents' moral code.
Section 244(1) (a) of the Canadian Criminal Code defines assault.
code
Verb
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If something is coded, it is written or stored in a code.
The completed questionnaires were coded by two people.
The wide variety of proteins in the cells are all coded for by the genes in the nucleus.