commonplace
adjective /ˈkɒmənpleɪs/
/ˈkɑːmənpleɪs/
- done very often, or existing in many places, and therefore not unusual
- This technology is now commonplace in schools.
Extra Examples- Such actions were regarded as commonplace during the war.
- These ideas are commonplace among teenagers.
- Double agents are quite commonplace in the world of espionage.
- It is commonplace for soldiers to get very little sleep.
- She made things that are now quite commonplace but at the time seemed really exotic.
- Violent incidents of this kind have become commonplace.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- very
- almost
- enough
- …
- among
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally common place): translation of Latin locus communis, rendering Greek koinos topos ‘general theme’.