What is the noun for public?

Answer 1

There is no collective noun for 'public'. A collective noun is a word to group like people or things. The noun 'public' is a word for people in general or a place accessible to people in general.

Answer 2

No, the noun 'public' is a singular (uncountable), common, concrete noun; a word for the people of a place as a whole; the population, the community, the society.

A compound noun is a noun made up or two or more words joined to form a noun with a meaning of its own; for example public domain or public library.

A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way; for example, a crowd of people.

Answer 3

No, the term 'general public' is a compound, common, concrete, uncountable (mass) noun; a word for the ordinary people in society in general.

A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way. Some nouns are by definition words for a group, such as crowd, flock, or bouquet. Some nouns are standard or traditional collective nouns, such as a pod of whales or a pack of gum. However, collective nouns are an informal part of language, any noun that suits the context of a group can function as a collective noun.

Answer 4

The noun 'public' is not a collective noun.

There is no collective noun used to group the noun 'public'.

Answer 5

The noun 'public' is a common, uncountable, abstract noun; a word for people in general; a word for the community.

The noun form for the adjective 'public' is publicity.

Answer 6

vessels

Answer 7

Flats