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| com·mon [ kómmən ] |
adjective (comparative com·mon·er, superlative com·mon·est) |
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1. shared: belonging to or shared by two or more people or groups
  working toward a common goal
a doctrine common to several religions
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2. of or for all: relating or belonging to the community as a whole
an area of common land
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3. everyday: often occurring or frequently seen
a common sight in cities
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4. widely found: describes a widely found species of plant or animal
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5. nonspecialist: used by people who have no specialist knowledge
The common name for "Viscum album" is "mistletoe."
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6. general: done, used, or held by most people
common practice
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7. ordinary: without special privilege, rank, or status
the common man
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8. of expected standard: of the standard that most people expect
common courtesy
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9. vulgar: considered to be ill-bred, or vulgar
common behavior
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10. mathematics with equal mathematical relationship: having an equal relationship to two or more mathematical entities
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11. poetry of varying stress or length: describes a syllable that, in a line of poetry, can be either long or short, or stressed or unstressed
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12. christianity useful for several religious festivals: capable of being used as a service for any of a number of similar religious festivals
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noun (plural com·mons) |
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1. piece of public land: an area of land available for anybody to use, e.g. as a public recreation area or, formerly, as pasture for cattle
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2. law right to use somebody's land: the legal right to use somebody else's land or waters in a particular way, usually for grazing or fishing
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3. christianity service for several religious festivals: a religious service that can be used for any of a number of similar festivals
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4. finance
Same as common stock
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin communis] |
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