common
[ kom-uhn ]
/ ˈkɒm ən /
adjective, com·mon·er, com·mon·est.
noun
SYNONYMS FOR common
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Idioms for common
in common, in joint possession or use; shared equally: They have a love of adventure in common.
Origin of common
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4. See general. 7-9. Common, vulgar, ordinary refer, often with derogatory connotations of cheapness or inferiority, to what is usual or most often experienced. Common applies to what is accustomed, usually experienced, or inferior, to the opposite of what is exclusive or aristocratic: The park is used by the common people. Vulgar properly means belonging to the people, or characteristic of common people; it connotes low taste, coarseness, or ill breeding: the vulgar view of things; vulgar in manners and speech. Ordinary refers to what is to be expected in the usual order of things; it means average or below average: That is a high price for something of such ordinary quality.
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common
/ (ˈkɒmən) /
adjective
noun
See also commons
Derived forms of common
commonness, nounWord Origin for common
C13: from Old French commun, from Latin commūnis general, universal
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