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common
('k/A/m/@/n )

adjective (a)

  • belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public(adj.all)
    Example:
    For the common good.
    Common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community.
    Antonym:
    individual, single
    source: wordnet30
  • having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual(adj.all)
    Example:
    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.
    Antonym:
    uncommon
    source: wordnet30
  • Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    commons, green, park
    source: wordnet30
  • The people; the community.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • common to or shared by two or more parties(adj.all)
    Example:
    A common friend.
    Synonym:
    mutual
    source: wordnet30
  • commonly encountered(adj.all)
    Example:
    A common (or familiar) complaint.
    Synonym:
    usual
    source: wordnet30
  • being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language(adj.all)
    Example:
    Common parlance.
    Synonym:
    vernacular, vulgar
    source: wordnet30
  • of or associated with the great masses of people(adj.all)
    Example:
    The common people in those days suffered greatly.
    Behavior that branded him as common.
    Synonym:
    plebeian, unwashed, vulgar
    source: wordnet30
  • of low or inferior quality or value(adj.all)
    Example:
    Produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population.
    Synonym:
    coarse
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking refinement or cultivation or taste(adj.all)
    Example:
    Behavior that branded him as common.
    Synonym:
    coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar
    source: wordnet30
  • to be expected; standard(adj.all)
    Example:
    Common decency.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To converse together; to discourse; to confer.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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