common
About 187.39 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Mutual; shared by more than one.
The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
- adjective (of a quality) Existing among virtually all people; universal.
common knowledge, common decency, common sense
- adjective Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
It is common to find sharks off this coast.
- adjective Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
"Commoner" used to be commoner, but "more common" is now more common.
- adjective Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
the common folk
- adjective As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
the common daisy (Bellis perennis)
- adjective Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
common name vs. scientific name.
- adjective Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
common law
Similar words
mutual standard popular group community demotic communal familiar usual public
Often followed by
in to law sense with and stock people cause
Word family
Commons commoner commonest commonly commonness commonnesses commons
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