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common meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of common at MeaningMonkey.org. common meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.COMMON noun
Definition of common (noun)
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
COMMON adjective
Definition of common (adjective)
- 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"
- antonym: individual
- 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"
- antonym: uncommon
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
- synonyms: mutual
- commonly encountered
- "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
- synonyms: usual
- 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"
- synonyms: vernacular, vulgar
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- of low or inferior quality or value
- "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
- synonyms: coarse
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- to be expected; standard
- "common decency"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet