common
Other forms: commonest; commons
When something's common, it's usual, or it happens frequently. It's more common than you might think for little kids to be terrified of clowns.
Things that are common happen all the time — they're ordinary. It's common for people to put ketchup on their French fries, and a pigeon is an extremely common type of bird to see in a city. Common can also refer to something that's shared by a group, like a region's common culture. In fact, a green space in the center of a town is sometimes called a common, maybe because it's shared by everyone in the town.
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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”synonyms:demoticof or for the common peoplefrequentfrequently encounteredgeneralprevailing among and common to the general publicgrassrootsof or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic groupstandardcommonly used or suppliedusualoccurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedureordinarynot exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degreeantonyms:uncommonnot common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kindrarenot widely known; especially valued for its uncommonnessunusualnot commonly encounteredunwontedout of the ordinaryunusualnot usual or common or ordinaryextraordinarybeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
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to be expected; standard“common decency”synonyms:ordinarynot exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
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commonly encountered
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being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
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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”synonyms:communalfor or by a group rather than individualspublicaffecting the people or community as a wholejointunited or combinedantonyms:individualbeing or characteristic of a single thing or personidiosyncraticpeculiar to the individualman-to-man, one-on-onebeing a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive playersingularbeing a single and separate person or thingseparateindependent; not united or joint
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common to or shared by two or more parties
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a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban areaexamples:Central Parka large park in Manhattantypes:amusement park, funfair, pleasure groundan entertainment venue with stalls, shows, rides, and gamesvillage greena village park consisting of a plot of grassy landtheme parkan amusement park that is organized around some theme, such as "the world of tomorrow"type of:
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of or associated with the great masses of people
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of low or inferior quality or value
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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Vocabulary lists containing common
A thorough survey of various textbooks, assignments, content area standards, and examinations yields the following list of words compiled by Jim Burke. You cannot expect to succeed on assignments if you do not understand the directions.
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1800 was a bitter election year. The incumbent Federalist president ran against his Democratic-Republican vice-president. John Adams lost, but two rival candidates tied. The House of Representatives decided that Aaron Burr would get the secondary title. On March 4, 1801, in the new capital of Washington D.C., Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as the third president. Here are some of his words urging reconciliation.