commonplace (redirected from commonplaces)

com·mon·place  (kmn-pls)

adj.

Having no remarkable features, characteristics, or traits; ordinary.

n.

1.

a. A trite or obvious remark; a platitude: "the solidified commonplaces of established wisdom" (John Simon). See Synonyms at cliché.

b. Something that is ordinary or common.

2. Archaic A passage marked for reference or entered in a commonplace book.

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[Translation of Latin locus commnis, generally applicable literary passage, translation of Greek koinos topos.]

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common·placeness n.

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commonplace [ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs]

adj

1. ordinary; everyday commonplace duties

2. dull and obvious; trite commonplace prose

n

1. something dull and trite, esp a remark; platitude; truism

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a passage in a book marked for inclusion in a commonplace book, etc.

3. an ordinary or common thing

[translation of Latin locus commūnis argument of wide application, translation of Greek koinos topos]

commonplaceness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	commonplace - a trite or obvious remark             banality, cliche, platitude, bromide comment, remark, input - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" truism - an obvious truth
Adj.	1.	commonplace - completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities" 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"
	2.	commonplace - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines" humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous, prosaic unexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
	3.	commonplace - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" banal, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, trite, well-worn, tired, shopworn unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

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commonplace

adjective

everyday, common, ordinary, widespread, pedestrian, customary, mundane, vanilla (slang), banal, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, dime-a-dozen (informal) Foreign vacations have become commonplace nowadays.
everyday new, interesting, original, novel, strange, exciting, rare, unique, unusual, extraordinary, unfamiliar, uncommon, ground-breaking, infrequent, left-field (informal)

noun

cliché, platitude, banality, truism It is a commonplace to say that the poetry of the first world war was greater than that of the second.

Translations

commonplace [ˈkɒmənpleɪs]

A. ADJ (= normal) → común, normal, corriente (pej) → vulgar, ordinario
it is commonplace to see this sort of thing → es frecuente or corriente ver este tipo de cosas

B. N (= event) → cosa f común y corriente; (= statement) → tópico m, lugar m común

commonplace [ˈkɒmənpleɪs] adj → banal(e), ordinaire
common room n (British) (for students) → salle f commune

commonplace [ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs]

1. adj → comune (pej) → banale, ordinario/a

2. n (statement) → luogo comune

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commonplace [ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs]

1. adj → comune (pej) → banale, ordinario/a

2. n (statement) → luogo comune