[
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
- 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
- Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.
- Like, Darren, I have a fairly uncommon name - however, there are a couple of others out there.
- 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
- Unpleasant weather conditions prevailed and the players slithering on the greasy surface was a common occurrence.
- You'd think he'd have the common decency to apologize for what he said.
- A group of soldiers loyal to their warlord came over the hills, looking for a common criminal.
- Folk remedies and herbal treatments also are common.
- It checks bank account numbers before accepting them and will detect many common transcription errors, including incorrectly entered and transposed characters. Times, Sunday Times
- It is politically safer – yes, even pragmatic – to describe one’s values as "commonsensical" or "middle of the road. Archive 2009-05-01
