| common [a] |
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| 1) | 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" |
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| communal public joint commonality individual |
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| 2) | of 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" |
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| average democratic demotic frequent general grassroots standard usual ordinary commonness uncommon |
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| 3) | common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" |
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| Synonyms : | mutual |
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| shared |
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| 4) | commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" |
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| Synonyms : | usual |
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| familiar |
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| 5) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | vernacular vulgar |
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| informal |
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| 6) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | plebeian unwashed vulgar |
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| lowborn |
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| 7) | of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" |
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| Synonyms : | coarse |
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| inferior |
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| 8) | 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" |
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| Synonyms : | coarse rough-cut uncouth vulgar |
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| unrefined |
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| 9) | to be expected; standard; "common decency" |
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| ordinary |
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| common [n] |
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| 1) | a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" |
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| Synonyms : | commons green park |
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| parcel populated_area amusement_park village_green central_park |
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