common
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
Mutual; shared by more than one.
Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
(taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
(taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
(law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
(grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
(obsolete) Profane; polluted.
(obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
The people; the community.
(law) 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.
(obsolete) To communicate (something).
(obsolete) To converse, talk.
(obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.”
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
“They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning.”
— 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
“No man of common humanity, no man who had any value for his character, could be capable of it.”
— 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 197: