Meaning of "pub" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF PUB

pub  [pʌb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUB

Pub is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pub in English.

WHAT DOES PUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pub

A pub /pʌb/, formally public house, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New England, Metro Detroit, South Africa and New Zealand. In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England. The history of pubs can be traced back to Roman taverns, through the Anglo-Saxon alehouse to the development of the modern tied house system in the 19th century. Historically, pubs have been socially and culturally distinct from cafés, bars, bierkellers and brewpubs. Most pubs offer a range of beers, wines, spirits, and soft drinks. Many pubs are controlled by breweries, so cask ale or keg beer may be a better value than wines and spirits. Traditionally the windows of town pubs were of smoked or frosted glass to obscure the clientele from the street but in the 1990s and after in the UK and other countries there has been a move towards clear glass, in keeping with brighter interior décors. The owner, tenant or manager of a pub is properly known as the "pub landlord".

Definition of pub in the English dictionary

The first definition of pub in the dictionary is Formal name: public house 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. Other definition of pub is a hotel. Pub is also to visit a pub or pubs.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PUB

PRESENT

Present

I pub

you pub

he/she/it pubs

we pub

you pub

they pub

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

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

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pubbed

you pubbed

he/she/it pubbed

we pubbed

you pubbed

they 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

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

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pub

you will pub

he/she/it will pub

we will pub

you will pub

they will pub

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

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 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

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pub

you would pub

he/she/it would pub

we would pub

you would pub

they would pub

Conditional continuous

I would be pubbing

you would be pubbing

he/she/it would be pubbing

we would be pubbing

you would be pubbing

they would be pubbing

Conditional perfect

I would have pub

you would have pub

he/she/it would have pub

we would have pub

you would have pub

they would have pub

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pubbing

you would have been pubbing

he/she/it would have been pubbing

we would have been pubbing

you would have been pubbing

they would have been pubbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pub
we let´s pub
you pub

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pub

Past participle

pubbed

Present Participle

pubbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PUB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pub» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of pub

alehouse · bar · beer parlour · beverage room · boozer · hostelry · inn · local · roadhouse · saloon · taproom · tavern · watering hole

TRANSLATION OF PUB

Find out the translation of pub to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pub» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 酒馆
• Translator English - Spanish: bar
• English: pub
• Translator English - Hindi: पब
• Translator English - Arabic: حَانَة
• Translator English - Russian: трактир
• Translator English - Portuguese: bar
• Translator English - Bengali: মদের দোকান
• Translator English - French: pub
• Translator English - Malay: Pub
• Translator English - German: Kneipe
• Translator English - Japanese: パブ
• Translator English - Korean: 술집
• Translator English - Javanese: Pub
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quán rượu
• Translator English - Tamil: பப்
• Translator English - Marathi: पब
• Translator English - Turkish: birahane
• Translator English - Italian: pub
• Translator English - Polish: pub
• Translator English - Ukrainian: паб
• Translator English - Romanian: bar
• Translator English - Greek: παμπ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kroeg
• Translator English - Swedish: pub
• Translator English - Norwegian: pub

10 QUOTES WITH «PUB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pub.

1

Ned Beauman

Just as the best way to judge an adult is by his or her record collection, the best way to judge a pub is by the albums on its jukebox.

2

Ned Beauman

I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I don't think has anything to do with fiction.

3

Frank Bruno

Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.

4

Peter Capaldi

I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they were doing a play above a pub in Kentish Town, and the biggest ego would win.

5

Hugh Dancy

But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.

6

Phil Daniels

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day, so instead, I play golf with other unemployed actors. I'm a member of the Stage Golfing Society, and I play golf with all sorts of people.

7

Russell T Davies

It's tough and it should be tough - it should never be easy to be given millions of pounds to make a drama. The coalition government is doing terrible things to the BBC, but drama will survive even if we end up putting on a play in a backroom of a pub.

8

Nick Frost

I like to go home early, that's my thing. My idea of a pub crawl lasts from midday until 5 P.M., then I can go home, play with my kid, have tea and go to bed.

9

Dhani Harrison

I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.

10

Dan Hawkins

There's a lot of people out there who have seen us once somewhere in a pub or heard our songs late night on radio. We'd done four years of it before we'd even released a single. It's put us in good stead.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUB»

Discover the use of pub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Search for the Perfect Pub: Looking For the Moon Under Water

Paul Moody and Robin Turner's road trip around Britain, therefore, is not just a search for the perfect pub. It is a deeper investigation into what has happened to British pub culture, once the toast of the world.

Paul Moody, Robin Turner, 2011

Gordon Ramsay’s Great British Pub Food

In his outstanding new cookbook, Gordon Ramsay teams up with Mark Sargeant to showcase the best of British cooking.

Gordon Ramsay, Mark Sargeant, 2010

Man Walks Into A Pub: A Sociable History of Beer (Fully ...

The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism and an awful lot of hangovers. 'a pleasant antidote to more po-faced histories of beer' Guardian 'Like a good drinking companion, Brown ...

Pete Brown, 2011

Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and ...

In this ethnography, Lori Kendall examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky.

Lori Kendall, 2002

The Pub in Literature: England's Altered State

Steven Earnshaw traces the many roles of the drinking house in Literature from Chaucer's time to the end of the 20th century, taking in the better-known hostelries, such as Hal's and Falstaff's Boar's Head in Henry IV, the numerous inns and ...

Steven Earnshaw, 2000

Perfect Pub Quiz

The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name.Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book ...

David Pickering, 2009

The Irish Pub Cookbook

Presents an assorment of more than seventy traditional Irish dishes, including soups and stews, tarts, meat pies, salads, and desserts, including such favorites as shepherd's pie, fish and chips, seafood chowder, whiskey bread pudding, and ...

‎2006

The Complete Pub Trivia Night Book

NTN and other trivia games are increasing in popularity as pub pastimes. But you don't have to go out to a pub to enjoy a trivia night. Everything you'll need from questions to pub grub recipes, is right here.

Peter Mathieson, 1998

The Pub Landlord's Great British Pub Quiz Book

The ladies love a well-read man and this book will give you the tools needed to impress her (don’t worry, answers are included). None of your French-type philosophical musings here. No, this is a proper quiz for the Great British Public.

Al Murray, 2010

Pub Science to Impress Your Mates

This is the ultimate science textbook and will answer all your craziest science questions with clarity, practical guidance and, of course, mirth.

Bobby Mercer, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pub is used in the context of the following news items.

New bar at Clutha opens after helicopter crash

A new bar has opened at the Clutha pub in Glasgow more than a year and a half ... of the emergency services who dealt with the crash were invited to the pub's ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Former Chelsea and England footballer Kerry Dixon jailed for pub …

Dixon, 53, denied assaulting the man at a pub in Bedfordshire in May 2014, but was convicted of the offence last week. Luton Crown Court heard the assault ... «BBC News, Jun 15»

Peta demands Britain's oldest pub changes its name to show …

Since it was founded in the eighth century, the pub in Abbey Mill Lane has had many names, but since 1872 it has been called Ye Olde Fighting Cocks because ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»

Travellers win Wetherspoon pub ban discrimination case

In the judgement, Judge Hand QC said the thinking of the then manager of the pub was "suffused with the stereotypical assumption that Irish Travellers and ... «BBC News, May 15»

Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs Want a 'Pub Wedding!'

While Pattinson's parents, Richard and Clare Pattinson, "would really like a church wedding," twigs "wants something quite informal, like a pub wedding," a ... «People Magazine, Apr 15»

London protesters 'chase UKIP leader Farage out of pub'

Anti-UKIP protesters have invaded a pub in south London where party leader Nigel Farage was having lunch. Mr Farage was in the Queen's Head in Downe ... «BBC News, Mar 15»

Start your morning off right—with a trip to the pub

JD Wetherspoon wants millions of Brits to start their days at the pub. That is not nearly as debauched as it sounds—the pub-chain operator is making a big push ... «Quartz, Mar 15»

Pub Landlord Too Heavy For Parachute Stunt

Pub Landlord Too Heavy For Parachute Stunt. Al Murray abandons the jump and jokes he is a "political heavyweight" as he takes on Nigel Farage for a ... «Sky News, Mar 15»

Camra crowns Gloucestershire pub best in Britain

Peter Tiley, landlord of the Salutation Inn in Ham, Gloucestershire. The pub is described in Camra's Good Beer Guide as a 'rural gem in the Severn Valley'. «The Guardian, Feb 15»

Man dies after machete attack near pub

Mr Evans's childhood friend Harry Lauder, 19, laid flowers on the pavement outside the pub with a message saying "Sleep well young man, you and your ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»