What does common mean in English? Meaning of common definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "common": a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
Noun
Meaning: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban areaExample: they went for a walk in the parkSynonyms: common
commons
green
parkHyponyms: amusement park
funfair
pleasure ground
village greenHypernyms: parcel
parcel of land
piece of ground
piece of land
tractInstance Hyponyms: central parkMeaning of "common": belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
Adjective
Meaning: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; publicExample: for the common good
common lands are set aside for use by all members of a communitySynonyms: commonAntonyms: individual
singleSimilar: communal
publicAlso see: jointMeaning of "common": having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
Adjective
Meaning: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usualExample: 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 soapSynonyms: commonAntonyms: uncommonSimilar: average
democratic
demotic
frequent
general
grassroots
ordinary
popular
standardAlso see: ordinary
usualMeaning of "common": common to or shared by two or more parties
Adjective
Meaning: common to or shared by two or more partiesExample: a common friend
the mutual interests of management and laborSynonyms: common
mutualSimilar: sharedMeaning of "common": commonly encountered
Adjective
Meaning: commonly encounteredExample: a common (or familiar) complaint
the usual greetingSynonyms: common
usualSimilar: familiarMeaning of "common": being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Adjective
Meaning: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday languageExample: common parlance
a vernacular term
vernacular speakers
the vulgar tongue of the masses
the technical and vulgar names for an animal speciesSynonyms: common
vernacular
vulgarSimilar: informalMeaning of "common": of or associated with the great masses of people
Adjective
Meaning: of or associated with the great masses of peopleExample: 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 massesSynonyms: common
plebeian
unwashed
vulgarSimilar: lowbornMeaning of "common": of low or inferior quality or value
Adjective
Meaning: of low or inferior quality or valueExample: of what coarse metal ye are molded
produced...the common cloths used by the poorer populationSynonyms: coarse
commonSimilar: inferiorMeaning of "common": lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Adjective
Meaning: lacking refinement or cultivation or tasteExample: 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 richSynonyms: coarse
common
rough-cut
uncouth
vulgarSimilar: unrefinedMeaning of "common": to be expected; standard
Adjective
Meaning: to be expected; standardExample: common decencySynonyms: commonSimilar: ordinaryAdjective: Mutual; shared by more than one. 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, The Mirror and the Lamp: 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.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, The Mirror and the Lamp: 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.Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual. 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, 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.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, 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.Found in large numbers or in a large quantity. 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, 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.) Sharks are common in these waters.2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, 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.)Simple, ordinary or vulgar. Washington Irving the honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life Shakespeare This fact was infamous / And ill beseeming any common man, / Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. A. Murphy above the vulgar flight of common souls 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III: 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.Washington Irving the honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common lifeShakespeare This fact was infamous / And ill beseeming any common man, / Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.A. Murphy above the vulgar flight of common souls1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter III: 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) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.Of or pertaining to uncapitalized nouns in English, i.e., common nouns vs. proper nouns.Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.(obsolete) Profane; polluted. Bible, Acts x. 15 What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.Bible, Acts x. 15 What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute. L'Estrange a dame who herself was commonL'Estrange a dame who herself was commonSynonyms:
accepted, commonplace, natural, prevalent, simple, familiar, universal, routine, prevailing, trivial, everyday, frequent, typical, humdrum, probable, plain, daily, standard, current, regular, characteristic, general, bourgeois, stock, banal, casual, colloquial, conventional, customary, habitual, hackneyed, homely, informal, mediocre, monotonous, passable, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, trite, undistinguished, usual, wearisome, worn-out, comformable, unvaried, workaday, prevalent, universal, popular, shared, accepted, prevailing, correspondent, constant, like, reciprocal, generic, collective, community, general, joint, social, public, coincident, communal, congruous, corporate, customary, mutual, united, usual, well-known, widespread, conjoint, communistic, commutual, conjunct, in common, intermutual, socialistic, poor, shoddy, plebeian, philistine, pedestrian, middling, hack, nondescript, inferior, mean, cheap, colorless, crass, hackneyed, impure, passable, raffish, second-rate, sleazy, stale, trite, undistinguished, vulgar, baseborn, déclassé, low-grade, second-class, characterless, declassé, prosy,
Antonyms:
unconventional, unorthodox, infrequent, unusual, abnormal, extraordinary, noteworthy, scarce, valuable, aristocratic, cultured, excellent, irregular, exceptional, peculiar, rare, uncommon, different, unfamiliar, original, high, noble, refined, sophisticated, superior, individual, specific, abnormal, extraordinary, infrequent, noteworthy, scarce, unusual, valuable, aristocratic, cultured, excellent, uncommon, singular, particular, separate, private, rare, high, noble, refined, sophisticated, superior, wealthy, extraordinary, abnormal, infrequent, noteworthy, scarce, unusual, valuable, aristocratic, cultured, excellent, rich, superior, nice, noble, different, exceptional, rare, uncommon, high, refined, sophisticated,
