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com·mon

(kŏm′ən)

adj. com·mon·er, com·mon·est

a. Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint: common interests.

b. Of or relating to the community as a whole; public: for the common good.

2. Widespread; prevalent: Gas stations became common as the use of cars grew.

a. Occurring frequently or habitually; usual: It is common for movies to last 90 minutes or more.

b. Most widely known; ordinary: the common housefly.

4. Having no special designation, status, or rank: a common sailor.

a. Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average: the common spectator.

b. Of no special quality; standard: common procedure.

c. Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate: common cloth.

6. Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar: behavior that branded him as common.

7. Grammar

a. Either masculine or feminine in gender.

b. Representing one or all of the members of a class; not designating a unique entity.

1. commons The common people; commonalty.

2. commons(used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. The social class composed of commoners.

b. The parliamentary representatives of this class.

3. Commons The House of Commons.

4. A tract of land, usually in a centrally located spot, belonging to or used by a community as a whole: a band concert on the village common.

5. The legal right of a person to use the lands or waters of another, as for fishing.

6. commons(used with a sing. verb) A building or hall for dining, typically at a university or college.

7. Common stock.

8. Ecclesiastical A service used for a particular class of festivals.

Idiom:

in common

Equally with or by all.

[Middle English commune, from Old French commun, from Latin commūnis; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

com′mon·ly adv.

com′mon·ness n.

Synonyms: common, ordinary, familiar
These adjectives describe what is generally known or frequently encountered. Common applies to what takes place often, is widely used, or is well known: The botanist studied the common dandelion. The term also implies coarseness or a lack of distinction: My wallet was stolen by a common thief. Ordinary describes something usual that is indistinguishable from others, sometimes derogatorily: «His neighbors were all climbing into their cars and trucks and heading off to work as if nothing miraculous had happened and this were just another ordinary day» (Steve Yarbrough).
Familiar applies to what is well known or quickly recognized: Most children can recite familiar nursery rhymes. See Also Synonyms at general.

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common

(ˈkɒmən)

adj

1. belonging to or shared by two or more people: common property.

2. belonging to or shared by members of one or more nations or communities; public: a common culture.

3. of ordinary standard; average: common decency.

4. prevailing; widespread: common opinion.

5. widely known or frequently encountered; ordinary: a common brand of soap.

6. widely known and notorious: a common nuisance.

7. derogatory considered by the speaker to be low-class, vulgar, or coarse: a common accent.

8. (prenominal) having no special distinction, rank, or status: the common man.

9. (Mathematics) maths

a. having a specified relationship with a group of numbers or quantities: common denominator.

b. (of a tangent) tangential to two or more circles

10. (Phonetics & Phonology) prosody (of a syllable) able to be long or short, or (in nonquantitative verse) stressed or unstressed

11. (Grammar) grammar (in certain languages) denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, esp one that includes both masculine and feminine referents: Latin sacerdos is common.

12. (Anatomy) anatomy

a. having branches: the common carotid artery.

b. serving more than one function: the common bile duct.

13. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity of or relating to the common of the Mass or divine office

14. common or garden informal ordinary; unexceptional

15. (Physical Geography) (sometimes plural) a tract of open public land, esp one now used as a recreation area

16. (Law) law the right to go onto someone else’s property and remove natural products, as by pasturing cattle or fishing (esp in the phrase right of common)

17. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity

a. a form of the proper of the Mass used on festivals that have no special proper of their own

b. the ordinary of the Mass

18. archaic the ordinary people; the public, esp those undistinguished by rank or title

19. in common mutually held or used with another or others

[C13: from Old French commun, from Latin commūnis general, universal]

ˈcommonness n

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com•mon

(ˈkɒm ən)

adj. -er, -est,
n. adj.

1. belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common objectives.

2. pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture: a common language.

3. joint; united: a common defense.

4. widespread; general; universal: common knowledge.

5. of frequent occurrence; usual; familiar: a common mistake.

6. of mediocre or inferior quality; mean: a rough, common fabric.

7. coarse; vulgar: common manners.

8. lacking rank, station, distinction, etc.; ordinary: a common soldier.

9. in keeping with accepted standards; fundamental: common decency.

10. (of a syllable) able to be considered as either long or short.

11.

a. (of a grammatical case) fulfilling different functions that in some languages would require different inflected forms: English nouns used as subject or object are in the common case.

b. of or pertaining to a word or gender that may refer to either a male or female: Frenchélève “pupil” has common gender.

c. constituting a gender comprising nouns that were formerly masculine or feminine: Dutch nouns are either common or neuter in gender.

12. bearing a similar mathematical relation to two or more entities.

13. of or pertaining to common stock.

14. Often, commons. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, as a central square or park in a city or town.

15. the right, in common with other persons, to pasture animals on another’s land or to fish in another’s waters.

16. commons,

a. the common people; commonalty.

b. the body of people not of noble birth, as represented by the House of Commons.

c. (cap.) (used with a sing. v.) the House of Commons.

17. commons,

a. (used with a sing. v.) a large dining room, esp. at a university or college.

b. (usu. with a pl. v.) food or provisions for any group.

18. (sometimes cap.)

a. an ecclesiastical office or form of service used on a festival of a particular kind.

b. the ordinary of the Mass, esp. those parts sung by the choir.

Idioms:

in common, in joint possession or use; shared equally.

[1250–1300; Middle English comun < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin commūnis common <com- + mūnus task, duty, gift, c. mean²]

com′mon•ly, adv.

com′mon•ness, n.

syn: common, ordinary, vulgar refer, often with derogatory connotations, to what is usual or most often experienced. common applies to what is widespread or unexceptional; it often suggests inferiority or coarseness: common servants; common cloth. ordinary refers to what is to be expected in the usual order of things; it suggests being average or below average: a high price for something of such ordinary quality. vulgar means belonging to the people or characteristic of common people; it suggests low taste, coarseness, or ill breeding: vulgar manners; vulgar speech. See also general.

common

If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.

His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway.

These days, it is common to see adults returning to study.

The comparative and superlative forms of common are usually more common and most common. Commonest is sometimes used instead of more common in front of a noun.

Job sharing has become more common.

The disease is most common in adults over 40.

Stress is one of the commonest causes of insomnia.

Be Careful!
Don’t use a that-clause after common. Don’t say, for example, ‘It is quite common that motorists fall asleep while driving‘. You say ‘It is quite common for motorists to fall asleep while driving’.

It is common for a child to become deaf after even a moderate ear infection.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	common — a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; «they went for a walk in the park» commons, green, park amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground — a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel — an extended area of land populated area, urban area — a geographical area constituting a city or town village green — a village park consisting of a plot of grassy land
Adj.	1.	common — 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» joint — united or combined; «a joint session of Congress»; «joint owners» individual, single — being or characteristic of a single thing or person; «individual drops of rain»; «please mark the individual pages»; «they went their individual ways»
	2.	common — 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» usual — occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; «grew the usual vegetables»; «the usual summer heat»; «came at the usual time»; «the child’s usual bedtime» ordinary — not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; «ordinary everyday objects»; «ordinary decency»; «an ordinary day»; «an ordinary wine» uncommon — not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; «uncommon birds»; «frost and floods are uncommon during these months»; «doing an uncommon amount of business»; «an uncommon liking for money»; «he owed his greatest debt to his mother’s uncommon character and ability»
	3.	common — common to or shared by two or more parties; «a common friend»; «the mutual interests of management and labor» mutual shared — have in common; held or experienced in common; «two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei»; «a shared interest in philately»
	4.	common — commonly encountered; «a common (or familiar) complaint»; «the usual greeting» usual familiar — within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; «familiar ordinary objects found in every home»; «a familiar everyday scene»; «a familiar excuse»; «a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences»
	5.	common — 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» vernacular, vulgar informal — used of spoken and written language
	6.	common — 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» plebeian, unwashed, vulgar lowborn — of humble birth or origins; «a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor»
	7.	common — of low or inferior quality or value; «of what coarse metal ye are molded»- Shakespeare; «produced…the common cloths used by the poorer population» coarse inferior — of low or inferior quality
	8.	common — 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» rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar, coarse unrefined — (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; «how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?»
	9.	common — to be expected; standard; «common decency» ordinary — not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; «ordinary everyday objects»; «ordinary decency»; «an ordinary day»; «an ordinary wine»

common

adjective

1. usual, standard, daily, regular, ordinary, familiar, plain, conventional, routine, frequent, everyday, customary, commonplace, vanilla (slang), habitual, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, stock, workaday, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang), a dime a dozen Earthquakes are fairly common in this part of the world.
usual strange, rare, unusual, outstanding, unknown, abnormal, scarce, uncommon, infrequent

5. vulgar, low, inferior, coarse, plebeian She might be a little common at times, but she was certainly not boring.
vulgar cultured, sensitive, distinguished, gentle, sophisticated, noble, refined

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common

adjective

1. Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike:

2. Belonging or relating to the whole:

3. Occurring quite often:

5. Lacking high station or birth:

6. Being of no special quality or type:

average, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable.

7. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent:

acceptable, adequate, all right, average, decent, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable.

8. Of low or lower quality:

9. Known widely and unfavorably:

noun

1. The common people.Used in plural:

commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck, third estate.

2. A tract of cultivated land belonging to and used by a community:

Translations

أرْض عامَّه ، أرْض مَشاعإسْم عامخَشِن، فَظ، لِعامّة النّاسشَائِعشائِع

обикновенобщ

comúcomuna

běžnýspolečnýobyčejnýprostýsprostý

fællesfællesarealfælleskønfællesnavnjævn

yleinentavallinenyhteinen

čest

közlegelõköznévordenáré

algenguralmennings-almenninguróbreyttur; alòÿîanruddalegur, ókurteis

普通の

흔한

banalusbe¹drabendrasis kambarysbendrinisBendroji rinka

izplatītskopējskopīgslaukums sabiedriskiem pasākumiemparasts

obecný pozemok

običajenpogostprostaškiskupen

vanligallmängemensam

ที่เกิดขึ้นทุกวัน

phổ biếnthông thườngthườngbình thườngchung

common

[ˈkɒmən]

B. N

2. (Brit) (Pol) the Commons → (la Cámera de) los Comunes
see also House A3

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common

[ˈkɒmən]

adj

(in common) [cause] → commun(e)

it’s common knowledge that … → il est bien connu que …, il est bien notoire que …

for the common good → pour le bien de tous, dans l’intérêt général

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common

adj (+er)

(= frequently seen or heard etc) → häufig; word also → weitverbreitet, weit verbreitet, geläufig; experience also → allgemein; animal, bird → häufig pred, → häufig anzutreffend attr; belief, custom, animal, bird → (weit)verbreitet, weit verbreitet; (= customary, usual) → normal; it’s quite a common sight → das sieht man ziemlich häufig; it’s common for visitors to feel ill here → Besucher fühlen sich hier häufig krank; nowadays it’s quite common for the man to do the housework → es ist heutzutage ganz normal, dass der Mann die Hausarbeit macht

(= land) → Anger m, → Gemeindewiese f

nothing out of the common → nichts Besonderes

to have something in common (with somebody/something) → etw (mit jdm/etw) gemein haben; to have a lot/nothing in common → viel/nichts miteinander gemein haben, viele/keine Gemeinsamkeiten haben; we do at least have that in common → wenigstens das haben wir gemein; in common with many other people/towns/countries → (ebenso or genauso) wie viele andere (Leute)/Städte/Länder …; I, in common with … → ich, ebenso wie …

common

Common Entrance (Examination)

common

common stock

n (US St Ex) → Stammaktien pl

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common

[ˈkɒmən]

1. adj

b. (pej) (vulgar) → volgare, grossolano/a

2. n

b. we have a lot in common → abbiamo molto in comune

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common

(ˈkomən) adjective

1. seen or happening often; quite normal or usual. a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.

2. belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one. This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.

3. publicly owned. common property.

4. coarse or impolite. She uses some very common expressions.

5. of ordinary, not high, social rank. the common people.

6. of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence). The house is empty.

noun

(a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings. the village common.

ˈcommoner noun

a person who is not of high rank. The royal princess married a commoner.

common knowledge

something known to everyone or to most people. Surely you know that already – it’s common knowledge.

common ˈlaw noun

a system of unwritten laws based on old customs and on judges’ earlier decisions.

ˈcommon-law adjective

referring to a relationship between two people who are not officially married, but have the same rights as husband and wife. a common-law marriage; a common-law wife/husband.

ˈcommonplace adjective

very ordinary and uninteresting. commonplace remarks.

ˈcommon-room noun

in a college, school etc a sitting-room for the use of a group.

common sense

practical good sense. If he has any common sense he’ll change jobs.

the Common Market

(formerly) an association of certain European countries to establish free trade (without duty, tariffs etc) among them, now replaced by the European Union.

the (House of) Commons

the lower house of the British parliament.

in common

(of interests, attitudes, characteristics etc) shared or alike. They have nothing in common – I don’t know why they’re getting married.

common

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common

a. común, corriente;

___ name → nombre ___;

___ place → lugar ___;

___ sense → sentido ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

common

adj común; a common problem..un problema común; — sense sentido común

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adjective, com·mon·er, com·mon·est.

belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property;common interests.

pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture; public: a common language or history;a common water-supply system.

of frequent occurrence; usual; familiar: a common event;a common mistake.

of mediocre or inferior quality; mean; low: a rough-textured suit of the most common fabric.

lacking rank, station, distinction, etc.; unexceptional; ordinary: a common soldier;common people;the common man;a common thief.

Dialect. friendly; sociable; unaffected.

Anatomy. forming or formed by two or more parts or branches: the common carotid arteries.

Prosody. (of a syllable) able to be considered as either long or short.

Grammar.

not belonging to an inflectional paradigm; fulfilling different functions that in some languages require different inflected forms: English nouns are in the common case whether used as subject or object.
constituting one of two genders of a language, especially a gender comprising nouns that were formerly masculine or feminine: Swedish nouns are either common or neuter.
noting a word that may refer to either a male or a female: French élève has common gender. English lacks a common gender pronoun in the third person singular.
(of a noun) belonging to the common gender.

Mathematics. bearing a similar relation to two or more entities.

of, relating to, or being common stock: common shares.

noun

Often commons. Chiefly New England. a tract of land owned or used jointly by the residents of a community, usually a central square or park in a city or town.

Law. the right or liberty, in common with other persons, to take profit from the land or waters of another, as by pasturing animals on another’s land (common of pasturage ) or fishing in another’s waters (common of piscary ).

commons, (used with a singular or plural verb)

the commonalty; the nonruling class.
the body of people not of noble birth or not ennobled, as represented in England by the House of Commons.
Commons, the representatives of this body.
Commons, the House of Commons.

commons,

(used with a singular verb) a large dining room, especially at a university or college.
(usually used with a plural verb)British. food provided in such a dining room.
(usually used with a plural verb) food or provisions for any group.

Sometimes Commons .Ecclesiastical.

an office or form of service used on a festival of a particular kind.
the ordinary of the Mass, especially those parts sung by the choir.
the part of the missal and breviary containing Masses and offices of those saints assigned to them.

Obsolete.

the community or public.
the common people.

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Idioms about common

in common, in joint possession or use; shared equally: They have a love of adventure in common.

Origin of common

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English comun, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin commūnis “common,” presumably originally “sharing common duties,” akin to mūnia “duties of an office,” mūnus “task, duty, gift,” from an unattested base moin-, cognate with mean²; cf. com-, immune

synonym study for common

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM common

com·mon·ness, nouno·ver·com·mon, adjectiveo·ver·com·mon·ly, adverbo·ver·com·mon·ness, noun

quasi-common, adjectivequa·si-com·mon·ly, adverb

Words nearby common

commodity, commodity exchange, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, commodore, Commodus, common, commonable, commonage, Common Agricultural Policy, commonality, commonalty

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Words related to common

accepted, commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, natural, prevailing, prevalent, routine, simple, trivial, typical, universal, popular, shared, bourgeois, characteristic, current, daily, general

How to use common in a sentence

Students would have a fully equipped laptop to call their own as well as one that didn’t lack key functionalities, which is common among donated devices.
The company’s financial history is occluded — common with private companies — and a bit uneven.
Residents often live four to a room, share a bathroom, and congregate in crowded common spaces.
The system can’t be easily reverse-engineered to determine what it learned to pay attention to during training — a common problem for researchers trying to use AI to do science.

Accounts on these platforms were all registered using a handful of common email addresses and phone numbers.
The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
Another read: “We need leaders who will stand against Common Core.”
Finding the common bonds that help us realize that we have far more in common than that which separates us.
At the time, screen quotas were far more common among film producing industries.
The Smooth Naked Horsetail is a common plant, specially by the sides of streams and pools.
I would ask you to imagine it translated into every language, a common material of understanding throughout all the world.
Our social life is aimless without it, we are a crowd without a common understanding.
Diplococci without capsules are common in the sputum, but have no special significance.
He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.

British Dictionary definitions for common

adjective

belonging to or shared by two or more peoplecommon property

belonging to or shared by members of one or more nations or communities; publica common culture

of ordinary standard; averagecommon decency

prevailing; widespreadcommon opinion

widely known or frequently encountered; ordinarya common brand of soap

widely known and notoriousa common nuisance

derogatory considered by the speaker to be low-class, vulgar, or coarsea common accent

(prenominal) having no special distinction, rank, or statusthe common man

maths

having a specified relationship with a group of numbers or quantitiescommon denominator
(of a tangent) tangential to two or more circles

prosody (of a syllable) able to be long or short, or (in nonquantitative verse) stressed or unstressed

grammar (in certain languages) denoting or belonging to a gender of nouns, esp one that includes both masculine and feminine referentsLatin sacerdos is common

anatomy

having branchesthe common carotid artery
serving more than one functionthe common bile duct

Christianity of or relating to the common of the Mass or divine office

common or garden informal ordinary; unexceptional

noun

(sometimes plural) a tract of open public land, esp one now used as a recreation area

law the right to go onto someone else’s property and remove natural products, as by pasturing cattle or fishing (esp in the phrase right of common)

Christianity

a form of the proper of the Mass used on festivals that have no special proper of their own
the ordinary of the Mass

archaic the ordinary people; the public, esp those undistinguished by rank or title

in common mutually held or used with another or others

Derived forms of common

commonness, noun

Word Origin for common

C13: from Old French commun, from Latin commūnis general, universal

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Other Idioms and Phrases with common

In addition to the idioms beginning with common

common cause
common ground
common touch, the

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: kŏm’ən, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.ən/
(General American) enPR: kä’mən, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.mən/
(obsolete) enPR: kŏm’ŭn, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.ʌn/
Rhymes: -ɒmən
Hyphenation: com‧mon

Adjective[edit]

common (comparative commoner or more common, superlative commonest or most common)

Mutual; shared by more than one.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  
  Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.

Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
  
  Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
It is common to find sharks off this coast.
Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
- 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 128:
  
  Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
- 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎^[2], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:
  
  Machine learning was the most common method of AI listed in patent requests.
Commoner used to be commoner, but more common is now more common.

Sharks are common in these waters.

It differs from the common blackbird in the size of its beak.
Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- 1893, Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics
  
  If it be asked wherein the utility of some modern extensions of mathematics lies, it must be acknowledged that it is at present difficult to see how they are ever to become applicable to questions of common life or physical science.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  
  This fact was infamous / And ill beseeming any common man, / Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.
- 1768, Arthur Murphy, Zenobia
  
  above the vulgar flight of common souls
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
(grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
(obsolete) Profane; polluted.
(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

Synonyms[edit]

(mutual): mutual, shared; see also Thesaurus:joint
(usual): normal, ordinary, standard, usual; see also Thesaurus:common
(occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): widespread; see also Thesaurus:widespread
(ordinary): common-or-garden, everyday; see also Thesaurus:normal
(grammar, gender of coalescence of masculine of feminine): epicene
(grammar, antonym of proper): appellative

Antonyms[edit]

(mutual): personal, individual, peculiar; see also Thesaurus:sole
(usual): special, exceptional, rare, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:strange
(occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): rare, uncommon, few and far between
(ordinary): exceptional, extraordinary, noteworthy, special
(vernacular): technical term

Translations[edit]

mutual

Albania: i përbashkët, i përgjithshem
Armenian: ընդհանուր (hy) (əndhanur)
Azerbaijani: ortaq, şərik
Asturian: común
Bashkir: уртаҡ (urtaq)
Belarusian: агу́льны (be) m (ahúlʹny)
Bulgarian: общ (bg) m (obšt)
Catalan: comú (ca) m, comuna (ca) f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 共同 (zh) (gòngtóng), 共通 (zh) (gòngtōng), 相互 (zh) (xiānghù)
Czech: společný (cs) m
Danish: fælles
Dutch: gemeen (nl), gemene (nl), gewoon (nl), gewone (nl)
Esperanto: komuna
Finnish: yhteinen (fi)
French: commun (fr) m, commune (fr) f
Galician: común (gl) m or f
German: gemeinsam (de), Gemein-, gemeinschaftlich (de) (property)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains)
Greek: κοινός (el) (koinós)

Ancient: κοινός (koinós)
Hebrew: משותף‎ m (meshutaf), משותפת‎ f (meshutefet)
Hungarian: közös (hu), (identical) egyező (hu), megegyező (hu), azonos (hu)
Ido: komuna (io)
Interlingua: commun
Irish: coiteann
Italian: comune (it) m or f
Japanese: 相互 (ja) (そうご, sōgo), 共通 (ja) (きょうつう, kyōtsū)
Korean: 상호 (ko) (sangho), 공통 (ko) (gongtong)
Latin: commūnis (la)
Latvian: kopīgs m, kopīga f
Lithuanian: bendras (lt)
Malay: sama (ms)
Maori: pūnoa, pātahi (As used in mathematics.)
Occitan: comun (oc) m
Old English: gemǣne
Polish: wspólny (pl) m, wzajemny (pl)
Portuguese: comum (pt) m or f
Quechua: khuska
Romanian: comun (ro)
Russian: о́бщий (ru) (óbščij), взаи́мный (ru) (vzaímnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cumanta, coitcheann
Slovene: skúpen
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: gromadny, zgromadny, pógromadny

Upper Sorbian: zhromadny
Spanish: común (es)
Swedish: gemensam (sv), allmän (sv)
Tagalog: pambalana (tl), balana
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ortak (tr)
Ukrainian: зага́льний (uk) (zahálʹnyj)
Vietnamese: chung (vi)
Walloon: kimon (wa) m
Yiddish: בשותּפֿותדיק‎ (bshutfesdik)

usual

Amharic: የተለመደ (yätälämädä), ተራ (tära)
Arabic: شَائِع‎ (šāʔiʕ)
Armenian: սովորական (hy) (sovorakan)
Asturian: común
Belarusian: звы́клы (zvýkly)
Bulgarian: обикновен (bg) m (obiknoven)
Catalan: comú (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 通常 (zh) (tōngcháng), 平常 (zh) (píngcháng)
Czech: běžný (cs) m, obvyklý (cs) m
Danish: almindelig (da), vanlig, sædvanlig
Dutch: gemeen (nl), gemene (nl), gewoon (nl), gewone (nl)
Esperanto: ofta (eo), normala, ordinara
Finnish: yleinen (fi), tavallinen (fi)
French: commun (fr) m, commune (fr) f
Galician: común (gl)
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი (čveulebrivi), ხშირი (xširi)
German: gewöhnlich (de), häufig (de), normal (de)
Greek: κοινός (el) (koinós), συνηθισμένος (el) (synithisménos)
Hebrew: שכיח‎ (he) m (shakhíakh), שכיחה‎ f (shkhikha), מָצוּי‎ (he) m (matzúy)
Hindi: मामूल (hi) (māmūl)
Hungarian: szokásos (hu), szokványos (hu), mindennapos (hu), hétköznapi (hu), megszokott (hu), (lit. well-known) közismert (hu)
Ido: ordinara (io)
Interlingua: commun
Irish: coitianta
Italian: comune (it) m or f
Japanese: 通常 (ja) (つうじょう, tsūjō), 平常 (ja) (へいじょう, heijō)
Khmer: ទូទៅ (km) (tuu-tɨv)
Korean: 통상 (ko) (tongsang)
Kyrgyz: күнүмдүк (ky) (künümdük)
Latin: commūnis (la)
Malay: biasa
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: vanlig (no)
Occitan: comun (oc) m
Old English: ġewunelīċ
Persian: رایج‎ (fa) (râyj), شایع‎ (fa) (šâye’), معمول‎ (fa) (ma’mul)
Polish: zwykły (pl) m, pospolity (pl) m, powszedni (pl) m, potoczny (pl) m, obiegowy (pl) m
Portuguese: comum (pt) m or f
Romanian: obișnuit (ro), uzual (ro), comun (ro)
Russian: обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), обы́денный (ru) (obýdennyj), повседне́вный (ru) (povsednévnyj), обыкнове́нный (ru) (obyknovénnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cumanta, àbhaisteach, coitcheann
Spanish: común (es)
Swedish: vanlig (sv)
Tagalog: pambalana (tl), balana
Telugu: మామూలు (te) (māmūlu) (maamoolu)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: зви́чний (zvýčnyj), звича́йний (zvyčájnyj)
Vietnamese: thường (vi), thông thường (vi)
Walloon: ordinaire (wa) m or f

found in large numbers or in a large quantity

Arabic: شَائِع‎ (šāʔiʕ)
Armenian: սովորական (hy) (sovorakan)
Asturian: común
Belarusian: звычайны (be) (zvyčajny)
Bulgarian: разпространен (bg) (razprostranen)
Chinese:

Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: běžný (cs)
Dutch: veelvoorkomend (nl)
Esperanto: ofta (eo)
Finnish: yleinen (fi)
French: commun (fr) m, commune (fr) f
Galician: común (gl)
Georgian: ხშირი (xširi)
German: häufig (de), nicht ungewöhnlich, gewöhnlich (de), verbreitet (de)
Hebrew: נפוץ‎ (he) m (nafótz), נפוצה‎ f (nefotza), שכיח‎ (he) m (shakhíakh), שכיחה‎ f (shkhikha), מָצוּי‎ (he) m (matzúy)
Hindi: सामान्य (hi) (sāmānya)
Hungarian: gyakori (hu), mindennapos (hu), megszokott (hu)
Italian: comune (it) m or f
Japanese: ざら (zara)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Latin: communis (la) m
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: vanlig (no)
Old English: ġewunelīċ
Polish: pospolity (pl) m, powszechny (pl) m
Portuguese: comum (pt)
Russian: обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), повсеме́стный (ru) (povseméstnyj), распространённый (ru) (rasprostranjónnyj)
Sanskrit: सामान्य (sa) (sāmānya)
Scottish Gaelic: cumanta, coitcheann
Spanish: común (es)
Swedish: vanlig (sv)
Telugu: సామాన్య (te) (sāmānya)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: yaygın (tr)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} thường gặp, ^{(please verify)} thường thấy, ^{(please verify)} phổ biến (vi)

ordinary

Armenian: հասարակ (hy) (hasarak), սովորական (hy) (sovorakan)
Bulgarian: обикновен (bg) (obiknoven)
Catalan: comú (ca)
Czech: obyčejný (cs)
Dutch: gewoon (nl)
Esperanto: ordinara, vulgara
Finnish: yleinen (fi), tavallinen (fi)
French: ordinaire (fr)
Galician: común (gl)
Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი (čveulebrivi)
German: gemein (de), gewöhnlich (de), durchschnittlich (de)
Greek:

Ancient: ἀγελαῖος (agelaîos)
Hebrew: רגיל‎ (he) m (ragíl), רגילה‎ f (regila)
Hindi: मामूली (hi) (māmūlī), साधारण (hi) (sādhāraṇ)
Hungarian: közönséges (hu), átlagos (hu), hétköznapi (hu)
Indonesian: umum (id)
Irish: coiteann
Italian: ordinario (it) m, ordinaria (it) f, volgare (it), grossolano (it) m, grossolana (it) f
Khmer: សម្ទាយ (km) (sɑmtiey)
Malay: biasa
Norwegian: vanlig (no)
Old English: ġewunelīċ
Persian: معمولی‎ (fa) (ma’muli)
Polish: zwyczajny (pl) m, potoczny (pl) m
Portuguese: comum (pt)
Russian: просто́й (ru) (prostój), обыкнове́нный (ru) (obyknovénnyj)
Sanskrit: साधारण (sa) (sādhāraṇa)
Spanish: común (es)
Swedish: vanlig (sv)
Telugu: సామాన్య (te) (sāmānya) (saamaanya)
Vietnamese: thường (vi), bình thường (vi)

Noun[edit]

common (plural commons)

Mutual good, shared by more than one.
A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
  
  The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
The people; the community.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  
  the weal o’ the common
(law) 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.

Translations[edit]

mutual good

Bashkir: уртаҡ (urtaq) мөлкәт (mölkät), уртаҡ (urtaq) мал (mal)
Danish: fælles gode n
Dutch: gemeengoed (nl) n
Finnish: yhteisomaisuus
German: Gemeingut (de) m
Polish: dobro wspólne n
Welsh: commins

Verb[edit]

common (third-person singular simple present commons, present participle commoning, simple past and past participle commoned)

(obsolete) To communicate (something).
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke ]:
  
  Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.
(obsolete) To converse, talk.
- 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle
  
  Capitaine generall of Flaunders, which amiably enterteyned the sayd Duke, and after they had secretly commoned of.
(obsolete) To have sex.
(obsolete) To participate.
(obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
(obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Derived terms[edit]

Amersham Common
Anlaby Common
Asian common toad
Balsall Common
Christmas Common
Clapham Common
Cliffe Common
Colden Common
common adder (Vipera berus)
common ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum)
common agouti (Dasyprocta spp.)
common alder (Alnus glutinosa))
common allamanda (Allamanda cathartica)
common American shad (Alosa sapidissima)
common amsinckia (Amsinckia intermedia)
common ancestor
common antilog
common antilogarithm
common apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
common area
common arrowhead (Sagittaria spp.)
common arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
common as dirt
common as muck
common as pig tracks
common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
common asparagus beetle (Crioceris asparagi)
common babbler (Argya caudata)
common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)
common barbel (Barbus barbus)
common barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
common barley (Hordeum vulgare)
common barn owl (Tyto alba)
common basil (Ocimum basilicum)
common basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus)
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
common bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
common beech (Fagus sylvatica)
common beet (Beta vulgaris)
common beisa oryx (Oryx beisa beisa)
common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)
common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis)
common bile duct
common birch (Betula pendula)
common bird cherry (Prunus padus)
common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta)
common bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
common black hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
common blackberry (Rubus spp.)
common blackbird (Turdus merula)
common blackfish (Globicephala melaena)
common bladderwort (Utricularia spp.)
common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus)
common bleak (Alburnus alburnus)
common blewit (Lepista saeva)
common blossom bat (Syconycteris australis)
common blue damsel (Enallagma cyathigerum)
common blue (Polyommatus icarus)
common blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides)
common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
common bluetail (Ischnura spp.)
common boa (Boa constrictor)
common bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)
common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
common booklouse (Trogium pulsatorium)
common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
common box (Buxus sempervirens)
common box turtle (Terrapene carolina)
common brant goose (Branta bernicla)
common bream (Abramis brama)
common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
common broom (Cytisus scoparius)
common brown cup (Peziza phyllogena)
common brown earwig (Labidura truncata)
common brown leafhopper (Orosius orientalis)
common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
common brown water snake (Lycodonomorphus rufulus)
common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
common bryony (Bryonia)
common buckeye (Junonia coenia)
common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
common bulbul (Pycnotus barbatus)
common bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
common bully (Gobiomorphus cotidianus)
common bunt (Tilletia spp.)
common burdock (Arctium minus)
common burnet (Sanguisorba spp.)
common bush tanager (Chlorspingus flavopectus)
common butterbur (Petasites spp.)
common buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)
common butterfly lizard (Leiolepis belliana)
common butterweed (Senecio vulgaris)
common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens)
common calamint (Calamintha sylvatica)
common camas (Camassia quamash)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
common canary (Serinus canaria)
common caper (Capparis spinosa)
common capeweed (Hypochaeris radicata)
common caracara (Polyborus plancus)
common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)
common cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
common carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris)
common carotid artery
common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
common carrier
common carrot (Daucus carota)
common cattail (Typha latifolia)
common cattle grub (Hypoderma lineatum)
common cause
common caustic
common centaury (Centaurea erythraea)
common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)
common chickweed (Stellaria media et al.)
common chicory (Cichorium intybus)
common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
common chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
common chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
common chord
common cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre)
common cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
common clam worm (Nereidae)
common clay
common clothes moth (Tineola biselliella)
common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
common cobra (Naja naja)
common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
common cockle (Cerastoderma edule)
common cockroach
common cold
common collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)
common columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)
common comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
common coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)
common corn salad (Valerianella spp.)
common corncockle (Agrostemma githago)
common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium)
common coupling
common cowbird (Molothrus ater)
common crab (Cancer pagurusan)
common crane (Grus grus)
common crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
common crossing
common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
common curlew (Numenius arquata)
common currency
common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
common dab (Limanda limanda)
common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
common daisy (Bellis perennis)
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
common darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus)
common degu (Octodon degus)
common denominator
common dentex (Dentex dentex)
common devil’s claw (Proboscidea louisianica)
common difference
common diving petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
common dog violet (Viola canina)
common dogbane (Apocynum abdrosaemifolium)
common dogwood
common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
common Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menzies)
common duckweed (Lemna minor)
common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)
common earwig (Forficula auricularius)
common eel
common egg eater (Dasypeltis scabra)
common egret (Ardea alba)
common eider (Somateria mollissima)
common eland (Taurotragus oryx)
common elder dove (Chalcophaps indica)
common elder (Sambucus nigra)
common European ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
common European dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
common European earwig (Forficula auricularius)
common European jay (Garullus garullus)
common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
common factor
common fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
common fig (Ficus carica)
common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
common flat lizard (Platysaurus intermedius)
common flat pea (Platylobium obtusangulum)
common flat-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)
common flax (Linum usitatissimum)
common flicker (Colaptes auratus)
common four o’clock (Mirabilis spp.)
common fox (Vulpes vulpes)
common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
common fraction
common frog (Rana temporaria)
common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
common fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)
common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
common gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
common garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
common garden rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)
common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
common gender
common genet (Genetta genetta)
common gibbon (Hylobates lar)
common ginger (Zingiber officinale)
common glider
common glow-worm
common glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)
common gnat (Culex pipens)
common goby (Pomatoschistus microps)
common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
common goldfish
common good
common gorse (Ulex europaeus)
common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
common grape hyacinth (Muscari neglectum)
common grape vine (Vitis vinifera)
common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia)
common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)
common green frog (Hylarana erythraea)
common green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)
common green magpie (Cissa chinensis)
common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos)
common gull (Larus canus; Cepora nerissa)
common gum cistus (Cistus spp.)
common gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi)
common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
common hamster (Cricetus cricetus)
common hatchetfish (Gastropelecus sternicla)
common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
common hawker (Aeshna juncea)
common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
common hazel (Corylus avellana)
common heath (Epacris spp.)
common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
common heliotrope (Valeriana officinalis)
common hepatica (Hepatica nobilis)
common highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
common holly
common hop bush
common hop, common hops (Humulus lupulus)
common horehound, common hoarhound (Marrubium vulgare)
common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
common horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
common horsetail (Petasites spp.)
common house
common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
common house martin (Delichon urbicum)
common house mouse (Mus musculus)
common house spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum)
common housefly (Musca domestica)
common hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
common iguana (Iguana iguana)
common iliac artery
common iliac vein
common indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria)
common ink cap (Coprinus atramentarius)
common iora (Aegithina tiphia)
common ivy (Hedera helix)
common jackal (Canis aureus)
common jasmine (Jasminum officinale)
common jery (Neomixis tenella)
common juniper (Juniper communis)
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)
common kisimanse (Crossarchus obscurus)
common knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
common knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
common knowledge
common krait (Bungarus caeruleus)
common laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides)
common lady’s mantle
common langur (Semnopithecus entellus)
common larkspur (Delphinium ajacis)
common lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
common law
common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
common lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
common lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
common lime (Papilio demoleus)
common limpet (Patella vulgata)
common ling (Molva molva)
common linnet (Linaria cannabina)
common lizard (Zootoca vivipara
common lobster (Homarus gammarus)
common logarithm
common logperch (Percina caprodes)
common loon (Gavia immer)
common louse (Pediculus humanus)
common lynx (Lynx lynx)
common mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
common macrotona (Macrotona australis)
common madder (Rubia spp.)
common madia (Madia elegans)
common magpie (Pica pica)
common maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
common mallow (Malva neglecta)
common man
common marigold
common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
common matrimony vine (Lycium spp.)
common meadow grass (Poa pratensis)
common meter
common millet
common minnow
common moorhen
common mora
common mullein
common multiple
common murre (Uria aalge)
common nail
common name
common nightingale
common noun
common octopus
common of shack
common or garden
common or garden variety
common pheasant
common pochard
common polypody
common poppy
common purple-glossed snake
common purpose
common purse
common purslane
common quail
common rabbit
common radish
common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
common rat
common ratio
common raven
common recovery
common redpoll
common redshank
common redstart
common reed
common rhea
common riding
common ringlet
common rock thrush
common room
common rose
common rosefinch
common rue
common run
common rush
common salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)
common salt
common sandpiper
common scoter
common seal
common sedge
common sense
common sewer
common shelduck
common shrew
common snipe
common sorrel
common sow thistle
common spotted orchid
common squid
common squirrel monkey
common starling
common stock
common swift
common teal
common tern
common thread
common three-ring
common time
common touch
common vole
common weal
common wheat
common whitebeam
common whitefish
common whitethroat
common wood pigeon
common woodpigeon
common woodrush
common yarrow
common year
common yellow oxalis
common yellow woodsorrel
common yeoman
common-and-garden
common-law
common-law marriage
common-or-garden
common-place
common-sensical
common-site picketing
common-situs picketing
commonality
commonalty
commoner
commonplace
commons
commonsense
Ealing Common
Galley Common
greatest common divisor
greatest common factor
Greenham Common
highest common factor
House of Commons
Hoyland Common
in common
Laughton Common
least common multiple
lowest common denominator
lowest common multiple
make common cause
Old Oak Common
Oldland Common
out of the common
Silkstone Common
smallest common multiple
Streatham Common
tenancy in common
tenant in common

References[edit]

common at OneLook Dictionary Search
common in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
“common”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Etymology[edit]

From English common.

Pronunciation[edit]

Cantonese (Jyutping): kam¹ man⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kam¹ man⁴
  - Yale: kām màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kam¹ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kem¹ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/

Adjective[edit]

common

(Hong Kong Cantonese) common; usual; widespread

References[edit]

English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

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Britannica Dictionary definition of COMMON

belonging to or shared by two or more people or groups

They have a common ancestor.
The people on the island have a sense of common identity.
a common goal/interest
The pool at the condominiums is common property. [=the pool is owned by all of the condominium owners]
The organization works for the common good. [=the public good; the advantage of everyone]
He was chosen as the leader by common consent. [=everyone agreed that he should be the leader]

—

see also common ground, common knowledge at knowledge

[or more common; most common]

commoner;

-est

done by many people

It is common practice for one town’s fire department to help another town when there is a big fire.
a common spelling mistake

occurring or appearing frequently

not rare

a common [=widespread] disease
Buffalo were once a common [=familiar] sight on the American plains.
Electric windows are a common feature in new cars.
“Smith” is a common name.
The problem is common to laptop computers. = It’s common for laptop computers to have this problem.
I think some of the most common flowers are also some of the prettiest.

of a type that is regularly seen and not considered special or unique

the common housefly
cures for the common cold

without special rank or status

a common soldier
You’re nothing but a common [=ordinary] thief!

not having power, wealth, or high status

My parents were common [=ordinary, regular] folk.
the common people
the common man

—

see also common sense

expected from polite and decent people

He didn’t even have the common decency to apologize.
It is common courtesy to say “thank you.”

[or more common; most common]

British, old-fashioned + disapproving

commoner;

commonest

of or belonging to a low social class

His manners are very common.
She thought him common and uneducated.

common-or-garden

chiefly British, informal

not unusual

garden-variety

This is not just your common-or-garden nightclub.

— commonly

adverb

[more commonly; most commonly]

He is commonly believed to be the discoverer of electricity.
a medicine commonly used to treat the flu
commonly held beliefs/notions
The kangaroo is commonly associated with Australia.

— commonness

/ˈkɑːmənnəs/

noun

[noncount]

The team showed a commonness of purpose.
the commonness of the name “Smith”

Britannica Dictionary definition of COMMON

[count]

a public area or park usually in the center of a town or city

the town common
Boston Common

commons

a place where meals are served at a school, college, etc.

[singular]

a dining commons

[plural]

The campus has several dining commons.

in common

shared together

Intersecting lines have one point in common.

◊ People who have something in common share interests, beliefs, attitudes, opinions, etc.

We have a lot (of things) in common (with each other).
You’re a musician too? I guess we have a lot in common.
She’s very nice, but we have nothing in common.

◊ Things that have something in common share features or characteristics.

The cameras have/share some basic features in common.
The two cultures have a lot in common (with each other).
The film has more in common with the director’s earlier works than with his most recent projects.
(formal) The town, in common with [=like] others in the region, depends on the tourism industry.

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Defenition of the word common
- Something that is routine, or is well known.
- Who is not of noble rank; pertaining to the great masses.
- of low or inferior quality or value; «of what coarse metal ye are molded»- Shakespeare; «produced…the common cloths used by the poorer population»
- 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»
- 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»
- 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»
- common to or shared by two or more parties; «a common friend»; «the mutual interests of management and labor»
- 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»
- to be expected; standard; «common decency»; «simple courtesy»
- commonly encountered; «a common (or familiar) complaint»; «the usual greeting»
- 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»
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; «they went for a walk in the park»
- 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 alon
- to be expected; standard; «common decency»
- 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»;
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- commonly encountered
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- to be expected; standard
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of low or inferior quality or value

Synonyms for the word common

- coarse
- collective
- commons
- communal
- conventional
- customary
- everyday
- familiar
- for all
- frequent
- general
- green
- joint
- mutual
- normal
- nothing special
- ordinary
- park
- plebeian
- public
- regular
- shared
- simple
- uncouth
- unexceptional
- universal
- unwashed
- usual
- vernacular
- vulgar
- widespread

Similar words in the common

- average
- common
- commoner
- commoner’s
- commoners
- commonest
- commonly
- commonplace
- commonplaces
- commons
- commons’s
- commonwealth
- commonwealth’s
- commonwealths
- communal
- community
- democratic
- demotic
- familiar
- frequent
- general
- grassroots
- group
- inferior
- informal
- joint
- lowborn
- ordinary
- popular
- public
- shared
- standard
- unrefined
- usual

Meronymys for the word common

- populated area
- urban area

Hyponyms for the word common

- amusement park
- Central Park
- funfair
- pleasure ground
- village green

Hypernyms for the word common

- parcel
- parcel of land
- piece of ground
- piece of land
- tract

Antonyms for the word common

- individual
- uncommon

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— commonness

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