Common Definition & Meaning
common
- adjective
- 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"
- 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"
- common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- to be expected; standard; "common decency"
- noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"
"Common" in song lyrics
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"I'm not from Chicago, but me and the rapper got something in Common"
9th Prince f/ Planet Asia — Revolution Music -
"Lyrically I vomit you comet to catatonic, puff on it like Hydroponics , No Comment we have In Common"
Beast 1333 — America -
"common"
Belly — People Change
Words that rhyme with common
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- What does common mean?
- 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" 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
- What part of speech is common?
- Common is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does common have?
- Common has 10 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).