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COMMON noun

Definition of common (noun)

  1. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

COMMON adjective

Definition of common (adjective)

  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"
    • antonym: individual
  2. 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
  3. common to or shared by two or more parties
    • "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
    • synonyms: mutual
  4. commonly encountered
    • "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
    • synonyms: usual
  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"
    • synonyms: vernacular, vulgar
  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"
    • synonyms: plebeian, unwashed, vulgar
  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"
    • synonyms: coarse
  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"
    • synonyms: coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar
  9. to be expected; standard
    • "common decency"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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