common

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adjective

com·mon ˈkä-mən How to pronounce common (audio)

: of or relating to a community at large : public

work for the common good

: known to the community

common nuisances

: belonging to or shared by two or more individuals or things or by all members of a group

a common friend

buried in a common grave

common interests

: belonging equally to two or more mathematical entities

triangles with a common base

: having two or more branches

common carotid artery

: occurring or appearing frequently : familiar

a common sight

: of the best known or most frequently seen kind

—used especially of plants and animals

the common housefly

: vernacular sense 2

common names

: widespread, general

common knowledge

: characterized by a lack of privilege or special status

common people

a common laborer

: just satisfying accustomed criteria : elementary

common decency

: falling below ordinary standards : second-rate

Oh hard is the bed they have made him, / And common the blanket and cheap …

A. E. Housman

: lacking refinement : coarse

said, in his common vulgar way, the city would have to lump it

J. K. Jerome

: denoting nominal relations by a single linguistic form that in a more highly inflected language might be denoted by two or more different forms

common gender

common case

: of, relating to, or being common stock

commonly adverb

commonness

ˈkä-mən-nəs How to pronounce common (audio)

noun

common

2 of 2

noun

commons plural : the common people

commons plural in form but singular in construction : a dining hall

Students usually have their meals at the commons.

commons or Commons plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: the political group or estate comprising the commoners

: the parliamentary representatives of the commoners

: house of commons

: the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others

: a piece of land subject to common use: such as

: undivided land used especially for pasture

: a public open area in a municipality

A food and jazz festival will be held at the town common.

: a religious service suitable for any of various festivals

: ordinary sense 3

: common stock

Example Sentences

Adjective They have a common ancestor. The people on the island have a sense of common identity. It is common practice for one town's fire department to help another town when there is a big fire. Electric windows are a common feature in new cars. “Smith” is a common name. I think some of the most common flowers are also some of the prettiest. cures for the common cold Noun The campus has several dining commons. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

In recent years, data breaches such as this have become increasingly common.

Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Sep. 2022 Fentanyl overdose deaths — particularly accidental fentanyl overdoses — have become increasingly common in the U.S. in recent years.

Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022 Members of the Palos Heights Police Department join firefighters, medical workers and school staff for drills at schools as school shootings seem to become more common.

Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022 That’s one view of the future: To state the obvious, these unusually intense heat waves are going to become more common under climate change, which is making heat waves generally more frequent, more intense, and longer-lasting.

Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022 As has become common, the Emmys were largely awarded to streaming and premium TV programs that generally attract smaller audiences than the most popular broadcast shows, even with the decline in viewership of linear TV.

Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022 Heatwaves like these are expected to become much more common in places unaccustomed to such weather, as happened this summer when scorching temperatures in the U.K. caused airport tarmacs to melt.

Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022 Cyberattacks targeted at school districts across the country have become more common.

Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022 And as severe weather events become more common, the need for better information will become even more essential.

Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022

Noun

Tennessee Williams’s Memoirs is next to a biography of Patrick Dennis called Uncle Mame, because Williams and Dennis had many things in common: Pathos.

Leslie Kendall Dye, The Atlantic, 19 June 2022 My friend and his wife live on the edge of a park, not a former common but land that was levelled by German bombing.

Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 The war in Vietnam had increasingly divided Lexington—thousands of residents had turned out in 1969 to rally on the common for a moratorium in the fighting.

Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 1 May 2022 In 2020, the display was scaled down significantly — with just 1,000 flags lining the common.

BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021 For all their differences, every ACAAN has one feature in common: At some point, the magician touches the cards.

New York Times, 23 May 2021 Even politicians who have little in common seemed to unite in their misgivings about the league.

Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021 These short stories share a common through line of death and darkness, and they’re written from the supposition that day-to-day life isn’t mundane, but aggressively (and hilariously) cruel.

Brian Boone, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021 Overuse of national parks is often cited as an example of the tragedy of the commons, an economic theory that describes how people sometimes use natural resources to their advantage without considering the good of society as a whole.

National Geographic, 24 Mar. 2020 See More

Kids Definition

common 1 of 2

adjective

com·mon ˈkä-mən How to pronounce common (audio)

: affecting, belonging to, needed by, or used by everybody

for the common good

a common room

: shared by two or more individuals or by the members of a family or group

a common ancestor

: general entry 1 sense 1

common knowledge

: occurring, appearing, or used frequently

a common sight

a common name

: not above the average in rank or status

a common soldier

: not privileged or elite

"… the common folks … live and die unnoticed."

L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

: expected from polite and decent people

common courtesy

common

2 of 2

noun

: land (as a park) owned and used by a community

Legal Definition

common 1 of 2

adjective

com·mon

: of or relating to a community at large : public

common defense

: known to the community

a common thief

: belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group

when the insured and the beneficiary perish in a common disaster

common areas of the building

: of or relating to common stock

common shares

common

2 of 2

noun

plural capitalized : house of commons

: the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others

the common of estovers

the common of pasture

: a piece of land subject to common use: as

: land jointly owned and used especially for pasture

: a public open area in a municipality

: a condition of shared ownership : a condition in which a right is shared with an interest held by another person

held the estate in common

see also tenancy in common at tenancy compare severalty sense 1

: common stock at stock

单词	commonly
释义	common 1 of 2 adjective com·mon ˈkä-mən 1 a : of or relating to a community at large : public work for the common good b : known to the community common nuisances 2 a : belonging to or shared by two or more individuals or things or by all members of a group a common friend buried in a common grave common interests b : belonging equally to two or more mathematical entities triangles with a common base c : having two or more branches common carotid artery 3 a : occurring or appearing frequently : familiar a common sight b : of the best known or most frequently seen kind —used especially of plants and animals the common housefly c : vernacular sense 2 common names 4 a : widespread, general common knowledge b : characterized by a lack of privilege or special status common people a common laborer c : just satisfying accustomed criteria : elementary common decency 5 a : falling below ordinary standards : second-rate Oh hard is the bed they have made him, / And common the blanket and cheap … A. E. Housman b : lacking refinement : coarse said, in his common vulgar way, the city would have to lump it J. K. Jerome 6 : denoting nominal relations by a single linguistic form that in a more highly inflected language might be denoted by two or more different forms common gender common case 7 : of, relating to, or being common stock commonly adverb commonness ˈkä-mən-nəs noun common 2 of 2 noun 1 commons plural : the common people 2 commons plural in form but singular in construction : a dining hall Students usually have their meals at the commons. 3 commons or Commons plural in form but singular or plural in construction a : the political group or estate comprising the commoners b : the parliamentary representatives of the commoners c : house of commons 4 : the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others 5 : a piece of land subject to common use: such as a : undivided land used especially for pasture b : a public open area in a municipality A food and jazz festival will be held at the town common. 6 a : a religious service suitable for any of various festivals b : ordinary sense 3 7 : common stock Phrases in common : shared together has a lot in common with his neighbors Synonyms Adjective common or garden [chiefly British] commonplace everyday familiar frequent garden-variety household ordinary quotidian routine ubiquitous usual Noun commoners crowd herd hoi polloi mass millions mob multitude people plebeians plebs populace public rank and file See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective They have a common ancestor. The people on the island have a sense of common identity. It is common practice for one town's fire department to help another town when there is a big fire. Electric windows are a common feature in new cars. “Smith” is a common name. I think some of the most common flowers are also some of the prettiest. cures for the common cold Noun The campus has several dining commons. See More Recent Examples on the Web Adjective In recent years, data breaches such as this have become increasingly common. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Sep. 2022 Fentanyl overdose deaths — particularly accidental fentanyl overdoses — have become increasingly common in the U.S. in recent years. Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022 Members of the Palos Heights Police Department join firefighters, medical workers and school staff for drills at schools as school shootings seem to become more common. Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022 That’s one view of the future: To state the obvious, these unusually intense heat waves are going to become more common under climate change, which is making heat waves generally more frequent, more intense, and longer-lasting. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022 As has become common, the Emmys were largely awarded to streaming and premium TV programs that generally attract smaller audiences than the most popular broadcast shows, even with the decline in viewership of linear TV. Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022 Heatwaves like these are expected to become much more common in places unaccustomed to such weather, as happened this summer when scorching temperatures in the U.K. caused airport tarmacs to melt. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022 Cyberattacks targeted at school districts across the country have become more common. Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022 And as severe weather events become more common, the need for better information will become even more essential. Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022 Noun Tennessee Williams’s Memoirs is next to a biography of Patrick Dennis called Uncle Mame, because Williams and Dennis had many things in common: Pathos. Leslie Kendall Dye, The Atlantic, 19 June 2022 My friend and his wife live on the edge of a park, not a former common but land that was levelled by German bombing. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 The war in Vietnam had increasingly divided Lexington—thousands of residents had turned out in 1969 to rally on the common for a moratorium in the fighting. Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, 1 May 2022 In 2020, the display was scaled down significantly — with just 1,000 flags lining the common. BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021 For all their differences, every ACAAN has one feature in common: At some point, the magician touches the cards. New York Times, 23 May 2021 Even politicians who have little in common seemed to unite in their misgivings about the league. Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021 These short stories share a common through line of death and darkness, and they’re written from the supposition that day-to-day life isn’t mundane, but aggressively (and hilariously) cruel. Brian Boone, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021 Overuse of national parks is often cited as an example of the tragedy of the commons, an economic theory that describes how people sometimes use natural resources to their advantage without considering the good of society as a whole. National Geographic, 24 Mar. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Adjective and Noun Middle English commun, from Anglo-French, from Latin communis — more at mean First Known Use Adjective 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 5 Phrases Containing common by common consent common courtesy common cold common denominator common consent common law common good common ground common knowledge common merganser common divisor common noun common multiple common or garden common property common sense common school for the common/public good have/share more/less in common with greatest common divisor have a lot in common have/share (something) in common have nothing in common in common parlance least common denominator make common cause the common touch common difference common market common dormouse common pleas common touch common logarithm common ratio common carrier common measure share a common purpose common stock common salt in common with common fraction common minke whale common situs picketing common-law marriage common time enter common usage common year common cattle grub court of common pleas common room lowest common multiple lowest common denominator least common multiple in common See More by common consent common courtesy common cold common denominator common consent common law common good common ground common knowledge common merganser common divisor common noun common multiple common or garden common property common sense common school for the common/public good have/share more/less in common with greatest common divisor have a lot in common have/share (something) in common have nothing in common in common parlance least common denominator make common cause the common touch common difference common market common dormouse common pleas common touch common logarithm common ratio common carrier common measure share a common purpose common stock common salt in common with common fraction common minke whale common situs picketing common-law marriage common time enter common usage common year common cattle grub court of common pleas common room lowest common multiple lowest common denominator least common multiple in common See More Kids Definition common 1 of 2 adjective com·mon ˈkä-mən 1 : affecting, belonging to, needed by, or used by everybody for the common good a common room 2 : shared by two or more individuals or by the members of a family or group a common ancestor 3 : general entry 1 sense 1 common knowledge 4 : occurring, appearing, or used frequently a common sight a common name 5 : not above the average in rank or status a common soldier 6 : not privileged or elite "… the common folks … live and die unnoticed." L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz 7 : expected from polite and decent people common courtesy common 2 of 2 noun : land (as a park) owned and used by a community Choose the Right Synonym for common Adjective common, ordinary, and familiar mean occurring often. common is used for something that is of the everyday sort and frequently occurs. Fishing boats are a common sight around here. ordinary is used when something is of the usual standard. I had an ordinary day. familiar is used of something that is well-known and easily recognized. That song is familiar. Medical Definition common adjective com·mon ˈkäm-ən : formed of or dividing into two or more branches the common facial vein common iliac vessels Legal Definition common 1 of 2 adjective com·mon 1 a : of or relating to a community at large : public common defense b : known to the community a common thief 2 : belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group when the insured and the beneficiary perish in a common disaster common areas of the building 3 : of or relating to common stock common shares common 2 of 2 noun 1 plural capitalized : house of commons 2 : the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others the common of estovers the common of pasture 3 : a piece of land subject to common use: as a : land jointly owned and used especially for pasture b : a public open area in a municipality 4 : a condition of shared ownership : a condition in which a right is shared with an interest held by another person held the estate in common see also tenancy in common at tenancy compare severalty sense 1 5 : common stock at stock commonly adverb as in usually according to the usual course of things the clusters of idle teens that can commonly be found hanging around any mall Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance usually normally typically generally ordinarily as a rule of course naturally customarily routinely regularly habitually needless to say traditionally natch on the whole conventionally familiarly Antonyms & Near Antonyms unusually uncommonly extraordinarily abnormally peculiarly strangely oddly irregularly atypically weirdly untypically radically anomalously funnily queerly See More
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