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commonplace
[ kom-uhn-pleys ]
adjective
- ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting; without individuality:
a commonplace person.
- trite; hackneyed; platitudinous:
a commonplace remark.
noun
- a well-known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying.
Synonyms: stereotype, platitude, bromide, cliché
- anything common, ordinary, or uninteresting.
- Archaic. a place or passage in a book or writing noted as important for reference or quotation.
commonplace
/ ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs /
adjective
- ordinary; everyday
commonplace duties
- dull and obvious; trite
commonplace prose
noun
- something dull and trite, esp a remark; platitude; truism
- a passage in a book marked for inclusion in a commonplace book, etc
- an ordinary or common thing
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Derived Forms
- ˈcommonˌplaceness, noun
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Other Words From
- common·placely adverb
- common·placeness noun
- un·common·place adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commonplace1
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Example Sentences
Teachers and faculty were experimenting with now commonplace consumer technologies like speech recognition and virtual reality to create immersive learning experiences.
Temperature checks are commonplace in Turkey and many other countries, and are quickly becoming more popular in the US.
Today, gliding is so commonplace, we do not ask ourselves what’s happening when an airplane glides or, for that matter, when a helicopter does.
Such systems may seem commonplace today within e-commerce, but they form the very backbone of digital health companies.
Even after e-commerce became commonplace, many luxury companies remained cautious about jumping into digital sales.
When it comes to setting up a reward, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service considers “$50,000 commonplace.”
The god with horns—half human, half beast—is commonplace throughout the ancient Near East.
In a press release accompanying the video, Roberts said that such behavior is commonplace on New York streets—and in her own life.
The practice did not become truly commonplace until the 1930s when George Gallup and others came on the scene.
In reality, economic hardship is much more commonplace, and its appearance is more subtle.
My memory is well stored, but unfortunately I have never kept a diary or commonplace book of any kind.
The little foolish words, so sweetly commonplace, fell like balm upon an open wound.
Behind the commonplace sentences, the hidden wordless Play also drew on towards its Curtain.
Well, under the mask of bonhomie, which made me believe him to be a worthy man, was concealed the most commonplace nature.
Like other commonplace mortals, however, my instincts fight for the only solution of happiness I know anything about.
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