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com·mon  (kmn)

adj. com·mon·er, com·mon·est

1.

a. Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint: common interests.

b. Of or relating to the community as a whole; public: for the common good. See Usage Note at mutual.

2. Widespread; prevalent.

3.

a. Occurring frequently or habitually; usual.

b. Most widely known; ordinary: the common housefly.

4. Having no special designation, status, or rank: a common sailor.

5.

a. Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average: the common spectator.

b. Of no special quality; standard: common procedure.

c. Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate: common cloth.

6. Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar: behavior that branded him as common.

7. Grammar

a. Either masculine or feminine in gender.

b. Representing one or all of the members of a class; not designating a unique entity.

n.

1. commons The common people; commonalty.

2. commons (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. The social class composed of commoners.

b. The parliamentary representatives of this class.

3. The House of Commons. Often used in the plural.

4. A tract of land, usually in a centrally located spot, belonging to or used by a community as a whole: a band concert on the village common.

5. The legal right of a person to use the lands or waters of another, as for fishing.

6. commons (used with a sing. verb) A building or hall for dining, typically at a university or college.

7. Common stock.

8. Ecclesiastical A service used for a particular class of festivals.

Idiom:

in common

Equally with or by all.

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[Middle English commune, from Old French commun, from Latin commnis; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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common·ly adv.

common·ness n.

Synonyms: common, ordinary, familiar, vulgar
These adjectives describe what is generally known or frequently encountered. Common applies to what takes place often, is widely used, or is well known: The botanist studied the common dandelion.
The term also implies coarseness or a lack of distinction: My wallet was stolen by a common thief.
Ordinary describes something usual that is indistinguishable from others, sometimes derogatorily: A ballpoint pen is adequate for ordinary purposes. The critic gave the ordinary performance a mediocre review.
Familiar applies to what is well known or quickly recognized: Most children can recite familiar nursery rhymes.
Vulgar describes association with the great mass of people and often connotes lack of refinement: "He [Shakespeare] was not something sacred and aloof from the vulgar herd of men" William Hazlitt. See Also Synonyms at general.

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common

Adjective

1. frequently encountered: a fairly common plant, this disease is most common in kittens and young cats

2. widespread among people in general: common practice

3. belonging to two or more people: we share common interests

4. belonging to the whole community: common property

5. low-class, vulgar, or coarse

6. Maths belonging to two or more: the lowest common denominator

7. not belonging to the upper classes: the common people

8. common or garden Informal ordinary

Noun

1. a piece of open land belonging to all the members of a community

2. in common shared, in joint use

See also Commons [Latin communis general]

commonly adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	common - a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" commons, green, park amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground - a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land populated area, urban area - a geographical area constituting a city or town village green - a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land
Adj.	1.	common - 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" joint - united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners" individual, single - being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
	2.	common - 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" usual - occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime" ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" uncommon - not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"
	3.	common - common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" mutual shared - have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately"
	4.	common - commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" usual familiar - within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences"
	5.	common - being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" vernacular, vulgar informal - used of spoken and written language
	6.	common - of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" plebeian, unwashed, vulgar lowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"
	7.	common - of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" coarse inferior - of low or inferior quality
	8.	common - lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar, coarse unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
	9.	common - to be expected; standard; "common decency" ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

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common

adjective 1. usual, standard, daily, regular, ordinary, familiar, plain, conventional, routine, frequent, everyday, customary, commonplace, vanilla (slang) habitual, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, stock, workaday, bog-standard Brit., Irish (slang) a dime a dozen << OPPOSITE rare

adjective 2. popular, general, accepted, standard, routine, widespread, universal, prevailing, prevalent

adjective 3. shared, collective

4. ordinary, average, simple, typical, undistinguished, dinki-di Austral. (informal) << OPPOSITE important

adjective 5. vulgar, low, inferior, coarse, plebeian << OPPOSITE refined

6. collective, public, community, social, communal << OPPOSITE personal

Translations

common [ˈkɔmən] adj (gen) → común;

(pej) → ordinario

n → campo común;

in common → en común;

in common use → de uso corriente

common [ˈkɔmən] adj (gen) → commun(e) (= usual); courant(e)

n → terrain communal;

in common → en commun;

in common use → d'un usage courant;

it's common knowledge that → il est bien connu or notoire que;

to the common good → pour le bien de tous, dans l'intérêt général

common [ˈkɔmən] adj (shared by all) → gemeinsam;

(good) → Gemein-;

(property) → Gemeinschafts-;

(usual, ordinary) → häufig;

(vulgar) → gewöhnlich

n → Gemeindeland nt;

the Commons (Brit) (Pol) npl → das Unterhaus;

in common use → allgemein gebräuchlich;

it's common knowledge that → es ist allgemein bekannt, dass;

to the common good → für das Gemeinwohl;

to have sth in common (with sb) → etw (mit jdm) gemein haben

common [ˈkɔmən] adj → comune;

(pej) → volgare (= usual); normale

n → terreno comune;

in common → in comune;

in common use → di uso comune;

it's common knowledge that → è di dominio pubblico che;

to the common good → nell'interesse generale, per il bene comune see also Commons

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common

adj common [ˈkomən]

1 seen or happening often; quite normal or usual a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays. gewoon شائِع обичаен běžný almindelig gewöhnlich κοινός, συνηθισμένος corriente üldine, tavaline معمول؛ عادی yleinen, tavallinen courant, banal נָפוֹץ सार्वजनिक običan, uobičajen közönséges biasa algengur comune ありふれた 흔한 įprastas, plačiai paplitęs, dažnai pasitaikantis parasts; vienkāršs; izplatīts biasa gewoon vanlig, alminnelig pospolity vulgar obişnuit, banal обычный bežný običajen čest vanlig ที่เกิดขึ้นทุกวัน yaygın, çokça/sıkça görülen 通常的 загальний; звичайний عام ، عمومی thông thường 通常的

2 belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language. gemene, algemene مُشْتَرَك общ společný kendt; fælles gemeinsam κοινός común ühine مشترک؛ همگانی yhteinen commun מְשוּתָף सामान्य zajednički közös sama sameiginlegur comune 共通の 공통의 bendras kopīgs; kopējs sama gemeenschappelijk felles wspólny, powszechny comum comun общеизвестный;общий spoločný skupen zajednički gemensam ที่ร่วมกัน ortak, müşterek 公共的 спільний مشترک ، مساوی phổ biến 公共的

3 publicly owned common property. meent, dorpsgrond عام، مَشاع، مُشْتَرَك обществен veřejný offentlig allgemein κοινόχρηστος público avalik عمومی؛ همگانی julkinen public רְכוּש מְשוּתָף सार्वजनिक संपत्ति opći, javan közös umum almennings- comune, pubblico 公共の 공공의 visuomeninis sabiedrisks; publisks harta umum gemeenschappelijk felles, offentlig wspólny público public общественный verejný javen javni allmän, offentlig ที่เป็นของส่วนรวม kamuya ait, umuma ait 共有的 громадський, публічний مشترک جائداد chung 共有的

4 coarse or impolite She uses some very common expressions. plat خَشِن، فَظ، لِعامّة النّاس обществен sprostý, hrubý simpel; vulgær gewöhnlich, gemein λαϊκός, αναιδής ordinario labane بی ادبانه؛ رکیک karkea vulgaire הֲמוֹנִי मामूली, तुच्छ prost, priprost ordenáré kasar ruddalegur, ókurteis volgare 俗っぽい 상스러운 storžieviškas, stačiokiškas, nemandagus vulgārs kasar ordinair vulgær, simpel, tarvelig ordynarny ordinário vulgar грубый hrubý prostaški prostački vulgär, tarvlig ไม่สุภาพ kaba, adî 粗俗的 банальний; вульгарний کھردرا ، ناشائستہ tầm thường 粗俗的

5 of ordinary, not high, social rank the common people. gewone عادي،لِعامَّة الشَّعْب обикновен obyčejný, prostý jævn; almindelig einfach κοινός, λαϊκός corriente liht- عادی؛ عامی tavallinen du commun פָּשוּט, רָגִיל आम, साधारण običan, prost, priprost átlagos kebanyakan óbreyttur; alþÿðan comune 普通の 보통의, 평범한 eilinis, paprastas vienkāršs orang biasa gewoon vanlig, alminnelig, folkelig prosty plebeu de rând простой prostý poprečen običan vanlig, enkel ธรรมดา sıradan, basit 普通的 простий عام آدمی bình thường 普通的

6 of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence) The house is empty. selfstandige naamwoord, soortnaam إسْم عام/ مُشْتَرَك нарицателно obecný fællesnavn Gattungs-... κοινό ουσιαστικό (γραμμ.) común üldnimi اسم عام yleisnimi commun שֵׁם עֶצֶם כְּלָלִי opći köznév nama jenis samnafn comune 普通名詞の 보통 명사의 bendrinis sugas [] kata nama soort-(naam) fellesnavn pospolity comum comun (имя) нарицательное všeobecný (o podstatnom mene) obči zajednička imenica appellativ คำนามสามัญ cins 通格的 загальний اسم معرفہ chữ viết thường 通格的

n

(a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings the village common. dorpsgrond أرْض عامَّه ، أرْض مَشاع общинска земя obecní pozemek fællesareal das Gemeindeland κοινόχρηστος υπαίθριος χώρος κοινότητας tierras comunales ühispuhkeala محوطۀ عمومی yleinen virkistysalue terrain communal שֶׁטַח צִבּוּרִי @@@צִיבּוּרִי$$$ सामूहिक या शामिलाती जमीन općinska zemlja közlegelő tanah umum almenningur terreno comunale 共有地 공유지 bendruomenės žemė/pieva laukums sabiedriskiem pasākumiem tanah awam meent fellesareal; allmenning błonia espaço aberto teren comunal общинная земля obecný pozemok občinsko zemljišče opštinska zemlja allmänning พื้นที่สาธารณะ çimenlik, çayırlık 公地 общинна земля مشترکہ زمین đất công 公地

n ˈcommoner

a person who is not of high rank The royal princess married a commoner. burger, lid van Engelse Laerhuis شَخْصٌ من عامَّة الشَّعْب обикновен гражданин prostý občan borgerlig der/die Bürgerliche κοινός θνητός plebeyo lihtkodanik آدم عادی؛ جزو عوام aateliton henkilö roturier/-ière אֶזְרָח פָּשוּט साधारण जो ऊंचे ओहदे का नहीं हो pučanin, građanin közember orang biasa alþÿðumaður cittadino comune 平民 평민 paprastas, nekilmingas žmogus vienkāršās tautas pārstāvis rakyat biasa gewoon burger borgerlig, ikke-adelig (person) człowiek z ludu plebeu om simplu человек незнатного происхождения prostý občan neplemič građanin icke adlig person, ofrälse คนธรรมดาสามัญ halktan kişi, sıradan vatandaş 平民 людина з народу عام آدمی người bình dân 平民

common knowledge

something known to everyone or to most people Surely you know that already – it's common knowledge. algemene kennis أمْرٌ مَعْروف، مَفْهوم عام всеобщо известен факт věc všeobecně známá almindeligt kendt allgemein bekannt κοινή γνώση, κτ. πασίγνωστο dominio público üldiselt teada عمومی؛ ابتدایی kaikkien tiedossa de notoriété publique דָבַר יָדוּע opće poznata stvar ili činjenica köztudomású rahasia umum almenn vitneskja, á allra vitorði dominio pubblico 常識 상식 visiems žinomas dalykas vispārzināma lieta pengetahuan am algemeen bekend kjent sak rzecz ogólnie znana conhecimento geral de notorietate (publică) общеизвестный факт všeobecne známy splošno znano opšte znanje allmänt känt ความรู้ทั่วไป bilinen gerçek 眾所周知的事情 загальновідомі знання عمومی علم kiến thức phổ thông 众所周知的事情

n common ˈlaw

a system of unwritten laws based on old customs and on judges' earlier decisions. gemene reg القانون العام обичайно право zvykové právo sædvaneret das Gemeinrecht εθιμικό δίκαιο derecho consuetudinario tavaõigus قانون عرفی droit coutumier הַדִין הַמקוּבָּל लोक विधि običajno pravo szokásjog hukum adat legge non scritta 慣習法 bendroji teisė paražu tiesības hukum adat gewoonterecht sedvanerett, gammel hevd prawo zwyczajowe общее право zvykové právo obče pravo običajno pravo sedvanerätt[] กฏหมายจารีตประเพณี örf ve âdete dayanan hukuk 習慣法 звичаєве право عام غیر تحریری قانون thông luật 习惯法

adj ˈcommon-law

referring to a relationship between two people who are not officially married, but have the same rights as husband and wife a common-law marriage; a common-law wife/husband. houman, houvrou مُتَعَلِّق بِالقانون العام на семейни начела zvykové právo; anglo-americké obecné právo papirløs eheänliche Gemeinschaft που έχει σχέση με τη συγκατοίκηση ζεύγους de hecho vabaabielu-, vabaabieluline عرفی concubinage יָדוּע בַּצִיבּוּר ऐसे संबंध के बारे में जो आधिकारिक रूप से विवाहित नहीं हों, लेकिन उन्हें पति-पत्नी के अधिकार हों običajno pravo élettársi viszony; élettárs kumpul kebo convivente 内縁の neįteisintas, neįformintas civil teman bersekedudukan algemeen erkend samboer- nieślubny гражданский vo vzťahu druh a družka zunajzakonski koji se odnosi na neformalni brak samvets[] ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับความสัมพันธ์ของคนสองคน örf ve âdete dayanan hukukla ilgili 事實婚姻的 цивільний عام قانون کے تحت chồng vợ được công nhận do hôn nhân thực tế 事实婚姻的

adj ˈcommonplace

very ordinary and uninteresting commonplace remarks. gemeenplaas عادي، تافِه، مُبْتَذَل банален všední almindelig; hverdagsagtig; ordinær uninteressant κοινότοπος, μη ενδιαφέρων común, corriente (liiga) tavaline عادی؛ پیش پا افتاده arkipäiväinen banal שִׁגרָתִי साधारण निरस जगह običan, nezanimljiv elcsépelt murahan hversdagslegur banale 平凡な 흔해빠진 įprastas, banalus ikdienišķs; nodrāzts; banāls tempat biasa alledaags banal, triviell, alminnelig banalny banal banal банальный všedný banalen opšti alldaglig, banal ที่เห็นได้บ่อย ๆ sıradan 平凡的 банальний, заяложений معمولی اور غیر دلچسپ bình thường 平凡的

n ˈcommon-room

in a college, school etc a sitting-room for the use of a group. geselskamer غُرْفَة اسْتِراحَه всекидневна в колеж společenská místnost fællesrum; lærerværelse; opholdsrum der Gemeinschaftsraum κοινόχρηστη αίθουσα sala común, salón puhketuba اتق اساتید؛ سالن دانشجویان seurusteluhuone salle commune חֶדֶר סֶגֶל विनोद कक्ष zajednička soba társalgó ruangan umum salur, setustofa nemenda sala di ritrovo 休憩室 휴게실 bendrasis kambarys telpa kopīgiem pasākumiem bilik rehat koffiekamer fellesrom, lærerværelse świetlica sala comum simţ al realităţii (общая) комната отдыха spoločenská miestnosť skupni prostor zbornica lärarrum, sällskapsrum ห้องโถงพักผ่อน teneffüs odası 公共休息室 кімната відпочинку مشترکہ کمرہ phòng họp 公共休息室

common sense

practical good sense If he has any common sense he'll change jobs. gesonde verstand إدْراك سَليم، إحْساس فِطْري صَحيح здрав разум zdravý rozum sund fornuft; omtanke gesunder Menschenverstand κοινός νους, κοινή λογική sentido común terve mõistus درایت؛ شعور terve järki sens commun הִגָיוֹן सहज बुद्धि, सामान्य बोध zdrav razum józan ész akal sehat heilbrigð skynsemi buon senso 常識 상식, 양식 sveikas protas veselais saprāts akal gezond verstand sunn fornuft zdrowy rozsądek senso comum simţ al realităţii здравый смысл zdravý rozum zdrava pamet zdrav razum sunt förnuft การตัดสินแบบพื้น ๆ sağduyu 常識 здоровий глузд عقلِ سلیم lẽ thường 常识

the Common Market

(formerly) an association of certain European countries to establish free trade (without duty, tariffs etc) among them, now replaced by the European Union. Gemeenskapsmark السوق المُشْتَرَكَه Европейска Икономическа Общност (Evropský) společný trh Fællesmarkedet Gemeinsamer Markt Κοινή Αγορά (στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση) Mercado Común ühisturg بازار مشترک yhteismarkkinat marché commun הַשׁוּק הַמְשוּתָף साझा बाजार zajedničko tržište Közös Piac (ma: Európai Unió) Pasaran Bersama (Eropa) Efnahagsbandalag Evrópu Mercato Comune 欧州経済共同体 Bendroji rinka Kopējais tirgus pasaran bersama Economische Gemeenschap Wspólny Rynek Mercado Comum Общий рынок spoločný trh skupni trg slobodno tržište gemensamma marknaden, EG กลุ่มตลาดร่วมยุโรป Ortak Pazar, Avrupa Ekonomik Topluluğu （歐洲）共同市場 Загальний ринок مشترکہ منڈی thị trường chung Châu Âu （欧洲）共同市场

the (House of) Commons

the lower house of the British parliament. die Engelse Laerhuis مَجْلِس العُموم долната камара в британския парламент Dolní sněmovna Underhuset das Unterhaus η Βουλή των Κοινοτήτων Cámara de los Comunes alamkoda مجلس عوام alahuone les communes בֵּית הַנִבְחָרִים הַבְרִיטִי प्रतिनिधि सभा donji dom parlamenta az angol alsóház majelis rendah neðri deild Camera dei Comuni 英国下院議会 Bendruomenių rūmai Apakšnams (Anglijas parlamentā) rumah parlimen British lagerhuis Underhuset Izba Gmin Câmara dos Comuns Camera Comunelor палата общин dolná snemovňa spodnji dom Donji dom underhuset สภาล่างของอังกฤษ Avam Kamarası （英國）下議院 палата громад ایوانِ زیریں hạ viện （英国）下议院

in common

(of interests, attitudes, characteristics etc) shared or alike They have nothing in common – I don't know why they're getting married. in gemeen مُشْتَرَك общо společné til fælles gemeinsam κοινός, από κοινού en común ühine مشترک؛ شبیه yhteistä en commun בִּמשוָּתף समानता zajednički közös persamaan sameiginlegur in comune 共通に 공통으로 bendra kopīgs; kopīgi persamaan gemeen felles wspólnie em comum în comun что-л. общее spoločné skupen zajedničko gemensamt คล้ายกัน ortak, benzer 共同 спільний مشترک điểm chung 共同