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Definition:

  1. [noun] a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"
    Synonyms: park, green

  2. [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"

  3. [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 alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"

  4. [adjective] common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
    Synonyms: mutual

  5. [adjective] commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
    Synonyms: usual

  6. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: vernacular, vulgar

  7. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

  8. [adjective] of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
    Synonyms: coarse

  9. [adjective] 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
    Synonyms: coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar

  10. [adjective] to be expected; standard; "common decency"

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