"in public" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in public, {{en-PP}} in public
  1. In view of other people, who may be strangers. Derived forms: air one's dirty laundry in public, air one's dirty linen in public, wash one's dirty laundry in public, wash one's dirty linen in public Translations (in view of other people — see also publicly): δημοσίᾳ (dēmosíāi) (Ancient Greek), открито (otkrito) (Bulgarian), пред хората (pred horata) (Bulgarian), 當眾 (Chinese Mandarin), 当众 (dāngzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 公開地 (Chinese Mandarin), 公开地 (gōngkāi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 在公共場合 (Chinese Mandarin), 在公共场合 (zài gōnggòng chǎnghé) (Chinese Mandarin), in het openbaar (Dutch), julkisesti (Finnish), en public (French), nyilvánosan (Hungarian), a nyilvánosság előtt (nagy) (Hungarian), pūblicē (Latin), em público (Portuguese), प्रकटम् (prakaṭam) (Sanskrit), en público (Spanish)
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          "word": "air one's dirty linen in public"
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          "word": "wash one's dirty laundry in public"
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          "word": "wash one's dirty linen in public"
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          "roman": "otkrito",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "открито"
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          "roman": "pred horata",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "пред хората"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "當眾"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dāngzhòng",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "当众"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "公開地"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngkāi de",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "公开地"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "在公共場合"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zài gōnggòng chǎnghé",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "julkisesti"
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          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
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          "roman": "dēmosíāi",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "δημοσίᾳ"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "nyilvánosan"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "pūblicē"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "em público"
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        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "prakaṭam",
          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "प्रकटम्"
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          "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
          "word": "en público"
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      "word": "air one's dirty laundry in public"
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      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pred horata",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "пред хората"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "當眾"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāngzhòng",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "当众"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "公開地"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngkāi de",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "公开地"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zài gōnggòng chǎnghé",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "在公共场合"
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      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "in het openbaar"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "julkisesti"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "en public"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "dēmosíāi",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "δημοσίᾳ"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "nyilvánosan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "a nyilvánosság előtt (nagy)"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "pūblicē"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "em público"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "prakaṭam",
      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "प्रकटम्"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "in view of other people — see also publicly",
      "word": "en público"
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  "word": "in public"
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