common

1. 1

   Mutual; shared by more than one.

   • The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
   • Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
2. 2

   Existing among virtually all people; universal.

   • common knowledge, common decency, common sense
3. 3

   Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

   • It is common to find sharks off this coast.
4. 4

   Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.

   • "Commoner" used to be commoner, but "more common" is now more common.
   • Sharks are common in these waters.
5. 5

   Simple, ordinary or vulgar.

   • the common folk
6. 6

   As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.

   • the common daisy (Bellis perennis)
7. 7

   Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.

   • common name vs. scientific name.
8. 8

   Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.

   • common law
9. 9

   Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.

10. 10

    Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.

syn. average · basic · bog-standard · common · common as bums · common as dirt · common as muck · common as pig tracks · dime a dozen · everyday · frequent · general

ant. abnormal · atypical · exceptional · exotic · uncommon · endangered · extraordinary · rare

1. 1

   Mutual good, shared by more than one.

2. 2

   A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

   • The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
   • Throughout the land there is a great variation in the shape and size of village greens, from the many of pocket-handkerchief size to a roadside common of 20 acres or more - as at Lindfield in West Sussex.
3. 3

   The people; the community.

   • the weal o' the common
4. 4

   The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.

1. 1

   To communicate (something).obsolete

   • Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.
2. 2

   To converse, talk.obsolete

   • 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle Capitaine generall of Flaunders, which amiably enterteyned the sayd Duke, and after they had secretly commoned of.
3. 3

   To have sex.obsolete

4. 4

   To participate.obsolete

5. 5

   To have a joint right with others in common ground.obsolete

6. 6

   To board together; to eat at a table in common.obsolete