[
US
/ˈkɑmən/
]
[ UK /kˈɒmən/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒmən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
for the common good
common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community -
to be expected; standard
common decency -
being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
common parlance
the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
the vulgar tongue of the masses
vernacular speakers
a vernacular term -
common to or shared by two or more parties
the mutual interests of management and labor
a common friend -
having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
it is common knowledge that she lives alone
followed common procedure
the common man
the common cold
a common brand of soap
the common housefly
a common sailor
a common nuisance -
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
an untutored and uncouth human being
appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
behavior that branded him as common
behavior that branded him as common
the vulgar display of the newly rich -
of low or inferior quality or value
produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
of what coarse metal ye are molded -
commonly encountered
a common (or familiar) complaint
the usual greeting -
of or associated with the great masses of people
the unwashed masses
a vulgar and objectionable person
a vulgar and objectionable person
his square plebeian nose
behavior that branded him as common
behavior that branded him as common
the common people in those days suffered greatly
NOUN
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a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
they went for a walk in the park
How To Use common In A Sentence
- Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.
- Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together. Day of Honey
- A bit of background about me - I do hardware, firmware, and driver development by profession, so I think I'm qualified to provide a guess as to what and where it went wrong: for any computer, there's the initial "bootloader," which is what we commonly refer to as Discussions: Message List - root
- Like, Darren, I have a fairly uncommon name - however, there are a couple of others out there.
- In any event, when making a case against the indivisibility of Sinitic, it is not necessary to rebut each of these "common" features individually, since they are largely or wholly extralinguistic. Language Log
- I can find no legitimate references to the use of metallic, inorganic, or organic silver compounds as a sanitizer, disinfectant, or sterilizing agent. quaternary ammonium chloride compounds - Mixtures of compounds such as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride are very commonly used as surface sanitizer; if you look at your household cleaners that claim disinfecting properties, there's a high percentage chance that you'll find a "quat". Question ;Microdyne
- It's a common mistake.
- You'd think he'd have the common decency to apologize for what he said.
- The money is commonly laundered via cash deposits to friends or family members' bank accounts and is quickly withdrawn to be paid to the gang leaders. Times, Sunday Times
- At this level the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta into common iliac arteries has almost been completed.