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Meaning of 'common' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Common [ n.]
- The people; the community.
- An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.
- The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
2 . Common [ v.]
- Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
- Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.
- Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
- Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
- Profane; polluted.
- Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
3 . Common [ v. i.]
- To converse together; to discourse; to confer.
- To participate.
- To have a joint right with others in common ground.
- To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Meaning of 'common' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . common [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
Example in sentence:
  • they went for a walk in the park
2 . common [ a]
Meaning (2):
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
Example in sentence:
  • a common brand of soap;
  • a common nuisance;
  • a common sailor;
  • followed common procedure;
  • it is common knowledge that she lives alone;
  • the common cold;
  • the common housefly;
  • the common man
Meaning (3):
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
Example in sentence:
  • common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community;
  • for the common good
4 . common [ s]
Meaning (4):
- commonly encountered
Example in sentence:
  • a common (or familiar) complaint;
  • the usual greeting
Meaning (5):
- common to or shared by two or more parties
Example in sentence:
  • a common friend;
  • the mutual interests of management and labor
Meaning (6):
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Example in sentence:
  • a vernacular term;
  • common parlance;
  • the technical and vulgar names for an animal species;
  • the vulgar tongue of the masses;
  • vernacular speakers
Meaning (7):
- of or associated with the great masses of people
Example in sentence:
  • a vulgar and objectionable person;
  • behavior that branded him as common;
  • his square plebeian nose;
  • the common people in those days suffered greatly;
  • the unwashed masses
Meaning (8):
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Example in sentence:
  • an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy;
  • an untutored and uncouth human being;
  • appealing to the vulgar taste for violence;
  • behavior that branded him as common;
  • he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind;
  • the vulgar display of the newly rich
Meaning (9):
- to be expected; standard
Example in sentence:
  • common decency
Meaning (10):
- of low or inferior quality or value
Example in sentence:
  • of what coarse metal ye are molded;
  • produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population

Nearby Words:

com- coma comanches comart comate comatose comatous comatula comatulid comb

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