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Definitions of common
  1. noun
    a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

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  2. adjective
    common to or shared by two or more parties
    "a common friend"

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  3. adjective
    being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
    "common parlance"
  4. adjective
    commonly encountered
    "a common (or familiar) complaint"

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  5. adjective
    lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
    "behavior that branded him as common"
  6. adjective
    of or associated with the great masses of people
    "the common people in those days suffered greatly" "behavior that branded him as common"
  7. adjective
    of low or inferior quality or value
    "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

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  8. adjective
    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"

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  9. adjective
    having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
    "the common man" "a common sailor" "the common cold" "a common nuisance" "followed common procedure" "it is common knowledge that she lives alone" "the common housefly" "a common brand of soap"
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  10. adjective
    to be expected; standard
    "common decency"

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Examples of common
  • "a common friend"
  • "common parlance"
  • "a common (or familiar) complaint"
  • "behavior that branded him as common"
  • "the common people in those days suffered greatly"
  • "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
  • "for the common good"
  • "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"
  • "the common man"
  • "a common sailor"
  • "the common cold"
  • "a common nuisance"
  • "followed common procedure"
  • "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"
  • "the common housefly"
  • "a common brand of soap"
  • "common decency"
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