What is the meaning of common?

noun

  • A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
    • usage: "they went for a walk in the park"

adjective

  • Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public.
    • usage: "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"
  • Having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.
    • usage: "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"
  • Common to or shared by two or more parties.
    • usage: "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
  • Commonly encountered.
    • usage: "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
  • Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.
    • usage: "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
  • Of or associated with the great masses of people.
    • usage: "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"
  • Of low or inferior quality or value.
    • usage: "of what coarse metal ye are molded- Shakespeare; "produced... The common cloths used by the poorer population"
  • Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.
    • usage: "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"
  • To be expected; standard.
    • usage: "common decency"
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APAWordNet. (2010). Common. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/common/definitions/1171070
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "Common" http://smartdefine.org/common/definitions/1171070 (accessed September 20, 2026).
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