public knowledge
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈpʌblɪk ˈnɑlɪdʒ/
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conocimiento público
- When the company's financial troubles became public knowledge, its stock price dropped.
- became public knowledge
Doctor Fauci says that his financial information is public knowledge.
- Doctor Fauci says that his financial information is public knowledge.
- They actually, I think this is public knowledge, but they're filming both back-to-back, so they can release both.
- And so today's question is, with today's attitude towards fake news, do you think we will ever gain public knowledge of the topics covered by your books?
- Implying that the end of the Demon Corps is not public knowledge and I might not ever be able to find out or tell you legally.
- Your fact of the existence of UAP from, from the public knowledge, I think it's a disservice.
Examples
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Once the plans of the reformers became public knowledge, the opponents of reform went into action.
Academic text (1999) -
Data analysis from the statewide survey indicated that such public knowledge was alarmingly low.
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Well, that information is not public knowledge, so...
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Only if it becomes public knowledge.
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But before long, almost all of those details became public knowledge.
Fiction book (2001) -
Everything about the process should be public knowledge except the individual votes themselves.
Blog text (20) -
Numerous problems have contributed to the gap between public knowledge and policy action.
Academic text (2011) -
Since the 1990s, the Internet has played an instrumental role in the construction of public knowledge.
Academic text (2018) -
The survey also revealed that public knowledge of whale populations was very low.
Academic text (1994) -
But once the existence of these ancient cultures became public knowledge, particularly in Western countries, widescale looting ensued.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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1.6
Things most people understand and accept without proof
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Facts many people know about different subjects
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'information known or available to anyone' is directly compositional from 'public' (open or accessible to everyone) + 'knowledge' (information), so the combined meaning is immediately derivable. This adjective+noun pattern is a basic, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand the phrase.
Etymology
Public knowledge gives a simple picture: imagine the news shouted in a busy town square so everyone hears it, where public means 'open to everyone' and knowledge means the facts. So when something is public knowledge, it is 'not secret' and anyone can know it.