COMMON

common

1. [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"

2. [Adjective]: of 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 alon

3. [Noun]: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

4. 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"

5. 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";

6. of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

7. 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"

8. to be expected; standard; "common decency"

9. common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"

10. commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"

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