semipublic

1. 1.

   having some of the features of public institution

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Questions about semipublic

What does semipublic mean?

semipublic means "having some of the features of public institution".

How many syllables are in semipublic?

semipublic has 4 syllables: se-mi-pu-blic. The stress falls on "pu".

Is semipublic a common word?

semipublic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.