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pub
(pŭb)n.
A place of business serving beer or other alcoholic drinks and often basic meals.
[Short for public house.]
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pub
(pʌb)n
1. (Commerce) chiefly Formal name: public house Brit a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals
2. (Brewing) chiefly Formal name: public house Brit a building with a bar and one or more public rooms licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drink, often also providing light meals
3. (Commerce) Austral and NZ a hotel
vb, pubs, pubbing or pubbed
(Brewing) (intr) informal to visit a pub or pubs (esp in the phrase go pubbing)
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pub
(pʌb)n.
a bar or tavern.
[1855–60; short for public house]
pub.
1. public.
2. publication.
3. published.
4. publisher.
5. publishing.
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pub
– bar1. 'pub'
In Britain, a pub is a building where people meet friends and have drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, and sometimes food.
John was in the pub last night and he bought me a drink.
In formal English, this can also be called a public house.
The Green Man is often seen as a name or sign on public houses.
2. 'bar'
In American English, a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks is usually called a bar.
After work they went to a bar downtown.
In British English, the word bar is sometimes used, especially to refer to a place serving alcoholic drinks that is part of a larger building, or in expressions such as wine bar and cocktail bar.
I'll meet you in the hotel bar in 20 minutes.
See bar
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pub
Past participle: pubbed
Gerund: pubbing
| Imperative |
|---|
| pub |
| pub |
| Present |
|---|
| I pub |
| you pub |
| he/she/it pubs |
| we pub |
| you pub |
| they pub |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I pubbed |
| you pubbed |
| he/she/it pubbed |
| we pubbed |
| you pubbed |
| they pubbed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am pubbing |
| you are pubbing |
| he/she/it is pubbing |
| we are pubbing |
| you are pubbing |
| they are pubbing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pubbed |
| you have pubbed |
| he/she/it has pubbed |
| we have pubbed |
| you have pubbed |
| they have pubbed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pubbing |
| you were pubbing |
| he/she/it was pubbing |
| we were pubbing |
| you were pubbing |
| they were pubbing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pubbed |
| you had pubbed |
| he/she/it had pubbed |
| we had pubbed |
| you had pubbed |
| they had pubbed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will pub |
| you will pub |
| he/she/it will pub |
| we will pub |
| you will pub |
| they will pub |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pubbed |
| you will have pubbed |
| he/she/it will have pubbed |
| we will have pubbed |
| you will have pubbed |
| they will have pubbed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be pubbing |
| you will be pubbing |
| he/she/it will be pubbing |
| we will be pubbing |
| you will be pubbing |
| they will be pubbing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been pubbing |
| you have been pubbing |
| he/she/it has been pubbing |
| we have been pubbing |
| you have been pubbing |
| they have been pubbing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pubbing |
| you will have been pubbing |
| he/she/it will have been pubbing |
| we will have been pubbing |
| you will have been pubbing |
| they will have been pubbing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pubbing |
| you had been pubbing |
| he/she/it had been pubbing |
| we had been pubbing |
| you had been pubbing |
| they had been pubbing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would pub |
| you would pub |
| he/she/it would pub |
| we would pub |
| you would pub |
| they would pub |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have pubbed |
| you would have pubbed |
| he/she/it would have pubbed |
| we would have pubbed |
| you would have pubbed |
| they would have pubbed |
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Noun 1. [画像:pub - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms]pub - tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
alehouse - a tavern where ale is sold
bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
free house - a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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pub
public housenoun tavern, bar, inn, local (Brit. informal), saloon, watering hole (facetious slang), boozer (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), roadhouse, hostelry (archaic or facetious), alehouse (archaic), taproom He was in the pub until closing time.
Quotations
"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn" [Dr. Johnson]
"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn" [Dr. Johnson]
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Translations
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[pʌb] (Brit)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈpʌb] n → pub m pub crawl, pub lunch, pub quizpub crawl nto go on a pub crawl → faire la tournée des bars
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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