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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•pub•lic /rɪˈpʌblɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta state which is governed by representatives who are chosen by citizens in elections.
- Governmenta state in which the head of government is not a monarch and is usually an elected president.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•pub•lic (ri pub′lik),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
- Governmenta state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.
- World History(cap.) any of the five periods of republican government in France. Cf. First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic.
- Philosophy(cap., italics.) a philosophical dialogue (4th centuryb.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.
- Latin rēs pūblica, equivalent. to rēs thing, entity + pūblica public
- French république, Middle French
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: republic /rɪˈpʌblɪk/ n - a form of government in which the people or their elected representatives possess the supreme power
- a political or national unit possessing such a form of government
- a constitutional form in which the head of state is an elected or nominated president
- any community or group that resembles a political republic in that its members or elements exhibit a general equality, shared interests, etc: the republic of letters
Etymology: 17th Century: from French république, from Latin rēspublica literally: the public thing, from rēs thing + publica public |