common

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Superlative

most common

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

commons

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Mutual; shared by more than one.

   • They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning.
   • Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
   • The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.

2. 2.Existing among virtually all people; universal.

   • No man of common humanity, no man who had any value for his character, could be capable of it.

3. 3.Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.

   • Thus it is sayde in the cōmon vsage.
   • It is common to find sharks off this coast.

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

   • Sharks are common in these waters.
   • It differs from the common blackbird in the size of its beak.
   • "Commoner" used to be commoner, but "more common" is now more common.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Mutual good, shared by more than one.

2. 2.The people; the community.

3. 3.A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

   • 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.

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.

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Antonyms

• single

Synonyms

• mutual

Word family

• commonly