English dictionary
common
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
adjective
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
adjective
- commonly encountered
adjective
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
adjective
- of or associated with the great masses of people
adjective
- to be expected; standard
adjective
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
adjective
- common to or shared by two or more parties
adjective
- of low or inferior quality or value
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
Example sentences
the common man
a common sailor
the common cold
a common nuisance
followed common procedure
for the common good
common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
a common (or familiar) complaint
the usual greeting
common parlance
a vernacular term
vernacular speakers
the vulgar tongue of the masses
the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
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
common decency
he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
an untutored and uncouth human being
an uncouth soldier — a real tough guy
appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
a common friend
the mutual interests of management and labor
{'source': 'Shakespeare', 'text': 'of what coarse metal ye are molded'}
produced … the common cloths used by the poorer population
they went for a walk in the park