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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.gewoonشائِعобичаенběžnýalmindeliggewöhnlichκοινός, συνηθισμένοςcorrienteüldine, tavalineمعمول؛ عادیyleinen, tavallinencourant, banalנָפוֹץसार्वजनिकobičan, uobičajenközönségesbiasaalgengurcomuneありふれた흔한įprastas, plačiai paplitęs, dažnai pasitaikantisparasts; vienkāršs; izplatītsbiasagewoonvanlig, alminneligpospolityvulgarobişnuit, banalобычныйbežnýobičajenčestvanligที่เกิดขึ้นทุกวันyaygın, çokça/sıkça görülen通常的загальний; звичайнийعام ، عمومیthông 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, algemeneمُشْتَرَكобщspolečnýkendt; fællesgemeinsamκοινόςcomúnühineمشترک؛ همگانیyhteinencommunמְשוּתָףसामान्यzajedničkiközössamasameiginlegurcomune共通の공통의bendraskopīgs; kopējssamagemeenschappelijkfelleswspólny, powszechnycomumcomunобщеизвестный;общийspoločnýskupenzajedničkigemensamที่ร่วมกันortak, müşterek公共的спільнийمشترک ، مساویphổ biến公共的

3 publicly owned common property.meent, dorpsgrondعام، مَشاع، مُشْتَرَكобщественveřejnýoffentligallgemeinκοινόχρηστοςpúblicoavalikعمومی؛ همگانیjulkinenpublicרְכוּש מְשוּתָףसार्वजनिक संपत्तिopći, javanközösumumalmennings-comune, pubblico公共の공공의visuomeninissabiedrisks; publisksharta umumgemeenschappelijkfelles, offentligwspólnypúblicopublicобщественныйverejnýjavenjavniallmän, offentligที่เป็นของส่วนรวมkamuya ait, umuma ait共有的громадський, публічнийمشترک جائدادchung共有的

4 coarse or impolite She uses some very common expressions.platخَشِن، فَظ، لِعامّة النّاسобщественsprostý, hrubýsimpel; vulgærgewöhnlich, gemeinλαϊκός, αναιδήςordinariolabaneبی ادبانه؛ رکیکkarkeavulgaireהֲמוֹנִיमामूली, तुच्छprost, priprostordenárékasarruddalegur, ókurteisvolgare俗っぽい상스러운storžieviškas, stačiokiškas, nemandagusvulgārskasarordinairvulgær, simpel, tarveligordynarnyordináriovulgarгрубыйhrubýprostaškiprostačkivulgär, tarvligไม่สุภาพkaba, adî粗俗的банальний; вульгарнийکھردرا ، ناشائستہtầm thường粗俗的

5 of ordinary, not high, social rank the common people.gewoneعادي،لِعامَّة الشَّعْبобикновенobyčejný, prostýjævn; almindeligeinfachκοινός, λαϊκόςcorrienteliht-عادی؛ عامیtavallinendu communפָּשוּט, רָגִילआम, साधारणobičan, prost, priprostátlagoskebanyakanóbreyttur; alþÿðancomune普通の보통의, 평범한eilinis, paprastasvienkāršsorang biasagewoonvanlig, alminnelig, folkeligprostyplebeude rândпростойprostýpoprečenobičanvanlig, enkelธรรมดาsıradan, basit普通的простийعام آدمیbình 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, soortnaamإسْم عام/ مُشْتَرَكнарицателноobecnýfællesnavnGattungs-...κοινό ουσιαστικό (γραμμ.)comúnüldnimiاسم عامyleisnimicommunשֵׁם עֶצֶם כְּלָלִיopćiköznévnama jenissamnafncomune普通名詞の보통 명사의bendrinissugas []kata namasoort-(naam)fellesnavnpospolitycomumcomun(имя) нарицательноеvšeobecný (o podstatnom mene)občizajednička imenicaappellativคำนามสามัญcins通格的загальнийاسم معرفہchữ viết thường通格的

n

(a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings the village common.dorpsgrondأرْض عامَّه ، أرْض مَشاعобщинска земяobecní pozemekfællesarealdas Gemeindelandκοινόχρηστος υπαίθριος χώρος κοινότηταςtierras comunalesühispuhkealaمحوطۀ عمومیyleinen virkistysalueterrain communalשֶׁטַח צִבּוּרִי @@@צִיבּוּרִי$$$सामूहिक या शामिलाती जमीनopćinska zemljaközlegelőtanah umumalmenningurterreno comunale共有地공유지bendruomenės žemė/pievalaukums sabiedriskiem pasākumiemtanah awammeentfellesareal; allmenningbłoniaespaço abertoteren comunalобщинная земляobecný pozemokobčinsko zemljiščeopštinska zemljaallmänningพื้นที่สาธารณะçimenlik, çayırlık公地общинна земляمشترکہ زمینđất công公地

n ˈcommoner

a person who is not of high rank The royal princess married a commoner.burger, lid van Engelse Laerhuisشَخْصٌ من عامَّة الشَّعْبобикновен гражданинprostý občanborgerligder/die Bürgerlicheκοινός θνητόςplebeyolihtkodanikآدم عادی؛ جزو عوامaateliton henkilöroturier/-ièreאֶזְרָח פָּשוּטसाधारण जो ऊंचे ओहदे का नहीं होpučanin, građaninközemberorang biasaalþÿðumaðurcittadino comune平民평민paprastas, nekilmingas žmogusvienkāršās tautas pārstāvisrakyat biasagewoon burgerborgerlig, ikke-adelig (person)człowiek z luduplebeuom simpluчеловек незнатного происхожденияprostý občanneplemičgrađaninicke adlig person, ofrälseคนธรรมดาสามัญhalktan kişi, sıradan vatandaş平民людина з народуعام آدمیngười bình dân平民

common knowledge

something known to everyone or to most people Surely you know that already – it's common knowledge.algemene kennisأمْرٌ مَعْروف، مَفْهوم عامвсеобщо известен фактvěc všeobecně známáalmindeligt kendtallgemein bekanntκοινή γνώση, κτ. πασίγνωστοdominio públicoüldiselt teadaعمومی؛ ابتداییkaikkien tiedossade notoriété publiqueדָבַר יָדוּעopće poznata stvar ili činjenicaköztudomásúrahasia umumalmenn vitneskja, á allra vitorðidominio pubblico常識상식visiems žinomas dalykasvispārzināma lietapengetahuan amalgemeen bekendkjent sakrzecz ogólnie znanaconhecimento geralde notorietate (publică)общеизвестный фактvšeobecne známysplošno znanoopšte znanjeallmänt käntความรู้ทั่วไปbilinen gerçek眾所周知的事情загальновідомі знанняعمومی علمkiến 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 regالقانون العامобичайно правоzvykové právosædvaneretdas Gemeinrechtεθιμικό δίκαιοderecho consuetudinariotavaõigusقانون عرفیdroit coutumierהַדִין הַמקוּבָּלलोक विधिobičajno pravoszokásjoghukum adatlegge non scritta慣習法bendroji teisėparažu tiesībashukum adatgewoonterechtsedvanerett, gammel hevdprawo zwyczajoweобщее правоzvykové právoobče pravoobičajno pravosedvanerätt[]กฏหมายจารีตประเพณีörf ve âdete dayanan hukuk習慣法звичаєве правоعام غیر تحریری قانونthông 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, houvrouمُتَعَلِّق بِالقانون العامна семейни начелаzvykové právo; anglo-americké obecné právopapirløseheänliche Gemeinschaftπου έχει σχέση με τη συγκατοίκηση ζεύγουςde hechovabaabielu-, vabaabielulineعرفیconcubinageיָדוּע בַּצִיבּוּרऐसे संबंध के बारे में जो आधिकारिक रूप से विवाहित नहीं हों, लेकिन उन्हें पति-पत्नी के अधिकार होंobičajno pravoélettársi viszony; élettárskumpul keboconvivente内縁のneįteisintas, neįformintascivilteman bersekedudukanalgemeen erkendsamboer-nieślubnyгражданскийvo vzťahu druh a družkazunajzakonskikoji se odnosi na neformalni braksamvets[]ที่เกี่ยวข้องกับความสัมพันธ์ของคนสองคนörf ve âdete dayanan hukukla ilgili事實婚姻的цивільнийعام قانون کے تحتchồng vợ được công nhận do hôn nhân thực tế事实婚姻的

adj ˈcommonplace

very ordinary and uninteresting commonplace remarks.gemeenplaasعادي، تافِه، مُبْتَذَلбаналенvšedníalmindelig; hverdagsagtig; ordinæruninteressantκοινότοπος, μη ενδιαφέρωνcomún, corriente(liiga) tavalineعادی؛ پیش پا افتادهarkipäiväinenbanalשִׁגרָתִיसाधारण निरस जगहobičan, nezanimljivelcsépeltmurahanhversdagslegurbanale平凡な흔해빠진įprastas, banalusikdienišķs; nodrāzts; banālstempat biasaalledaagsbanal, triviell, alminneligbanalnybanalbanalбанальныйvšednýbanalenopštialldaglig, banalที่เห็นได้บ่อย ๆsıradan平凡的банальний, заяложенийمعمولی اور غیر دلچسپbình thường平凡的

n ˈcommon-room

in a college, school etc a sitting-room for the use of a group. geselskamerغُرْفَة اسْتِراحَهвсекидневна в колежspolečenská místnostfællesrum; lærerværelse; opholdsrumder Gemeinschaftsraumκοινόχρηστη αίθουσαsala común, salónpuhketubaاتق اساتید؛ سالن دانشجویانseurusteluhuonesalle communeחֶדֶר סֶגֶלविनोद कक्षzajednička sobatársalgóruangan umumsalur, setustofa nemendasala di ritrovo休憩室휴게실bendrasis kambarystelpa kopīgiem pasākumiembilik rehatkoffiekamerfellesrom, lærerværelseświetlicasala comumsimţ al realităţii(общая) комната отдыхаspoločenská miestnosťskupni prostorzbornicalärarrum, sällskapsrumห้องโถงพักผ่อนteneffüs odası公共休息室кімната відпочинкуمشترکہ کمرہphòng họp公共休息室

common sense

practical good sense If he has any common sense he'll change jobs.gesonde verstandإدْراك سَليم، إحْساس فِطْري صَحيحздрав разумzdravý rozumsund fornuft; omtankegesunder Menschenverstandκοινός νους, κοινή λογικήsentido comúnterve mõistusدرایت؛ شعورterve järkisens communהִגָיוֹןसहज बुद्धि, सामान्य बोधzdrav razumjózan északal sehatheilbrigð skynsemibuon senso常識상식, 양식sveikas protasveselais saprātsakalgezond verstandsunn fornuftzdrowy rozsądeksenso comumsimţ al realităţiiздравый смыслzdravý rozumzdrava pametzdrav razumsunt förnuftการตัดสินแบบพื้น ๆsağduyu常識здоровий глуздعقلِ سلیمlẽ 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. Gemeenskapsmarkالسوق المُشْتَرَكَهЕвропейска Икономическа Общност(Evropský) společný trhFællesmarkedetGemeinsamer MarktΚοινή Αγορά (στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση)Mercado Comúnühisturgبازار مشترکyhteismarkkinatmarché communהַשׁוּק הַמְשוּתָףसाझा बाजारzajedničko tržišteKözös Piac (ma: Európai Unió)Pasaran Bersama (Eropa)Efnahagsbandalag EvrópuMercato Comune欧州経済共同体Bendroji rinkaKopējais tirguspasaran bersamaEconomische GemeenschapWspólny RynekMercado ComumОбщий рынокspoločný trhskupni trgslobodno tržištegemensamma marknaden, EGกลุ่มตลาดร่วมยุโรปOrtak Pazar, Avrupa Ekonomik Topluluğu（歐洲）共同市場Загальний ринокمشترکہ منڈیthị trường chung Châu Âu（欧洲）共同市场

the (House of) Commons

the lower house of the British parliament. die Engelse Laerhuisمَجْلِس العُمومдолната камара в британския парламентDolní sněmovnaUnderhusetdas Unterhausη Βουλή των ΚοινοτήτωνCámara de los Comunesalamkodaمجلس عوامalahuoneles communesבֵּית הַנִבְחָרִים הַבְרִיטִיप्रतिनिधि सभाdonji dom parlamentaaz angol alsóházmajelis rendahneðri deildCamera dei Comuni英国下院議会Bendruomenių rūmaiApakšnams (Anglijas parlamentā)rumah parlimen BritishlagerhuisUnderhusetIzba GminCâmara dos ComunsCamera Comunelorпалата общинdolná snemovňaspodnji domDonji domunderhusetสภาล่างของอังกฤษAvam Kamarası（英國）下議院палата громадایوانِ زیریںhạ 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 gemeenمُشْتَرَكобщоspolečnétil fællesgemeinsamκοινός, από κοινούen comúnühineمشترک؛ شبیهyhteistäen communבִּמשוָּתףसमानताzajedničkiközöspersamaansameiginlegurin comune共通に공통으로bendrakopīgs; kopīgipersamaangemeenfelleswspólnieem comumîn comunчто-л. общееspoločnéskupenzajedničkogemensamtคล้ายกันortak, benzer共同спільнийمشترکđiểm chung共同