Common - Definition

adj 1: 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" [ant:
individual, single]
2: 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" [ant: uncommon]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
common, mutual]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
5: 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" [syn: common,
vernacular, vulgar]
6: 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" [syn:
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common]
8: 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" [syn:
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]