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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a common aim (= an aim that people, countries etc share ) ▪ We know the value of working closely together to pursue our common aims. a common ancestor (= the same ancestor ) ▪ Lions and house cats evolved from ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. Commoner ; superl. Commonest .] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low, common. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park , commons , green ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
mutual; shared by more than one. n. 1 mutual good, shared by more than one. 2 A tract of land in common ownership; common land. v 1 (context obsolete English) To communicate (something). 2 (context obsolete English) To converse, talk. 3 (context obsolete ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Common is a 2014 BBC One 90-minute made-for-television drama, written by Jimmy McGovern , directed by David Blair and starring Michelle Fairley , Nico Mirallegro and Michael Gambon . It seeks to question some of the issues and challenges raised by England's ...

Usage examples of common.

Now a band of such common men, with perhaps a few uncommon ones hidden among them, was being marched into that temple.

By common consent of the entire profession they are among the ablest judges who ever sat on the Supreme Bench.

Two of the cadavers Larch had worked with in medical school had been victims of a rather common household aborticide of the time: turpentine.

In the small hours the common room slowly emptied as even those who had rooms abovestairs staggered off to find their beds.

Its odour is lemon-like, and depends on a volatile essential oil which consists chiefly of absinthol, and is common to the other Wormwoods.

That this should be so accords both with common sense and the customary understanding of the legal profession.

Shortly after Britain formally applied for membership in the European Common Market, a meeting of the Commonwealth Economic Con-, sultative Council was convened at Accra, in Ghana, to explore the difficulties to Commonwealth trade that might arise.

A mild analgesic in common use is acetylsalicylic acid, better known by what was originally a trade-name, aspirin.

His aggressive appearance was further enhanced by a trait common among achondroplastic dwarfs: because their tubular bones are shortened, their muscle mass is concentrated, creating an impression of considerable strength.

It is a common practice with assayers to carry the first attack of the sample with acids to dryness, and to take up with a fresh portion of acid.

It denied, in the second place, that there is any principle of law, common or otherwise, which pervades the Union except such as are embodied in the Constitution and the acts of Congress.

Passing through New York, Adams bought two copies of a small anonymous pamphlet, newly published under the title Common Sense.

WHAT NEITHER JOHN DICKINSON nor John Adams nor anyone could have anticipated was the stunning effect of Common Sense.

By the time Adams had resumed his place in Congress a month later, Common Sense had gone into a third edition and was sweeping the colonies.

Friends in Massachusetts reported to Adams that because of Common Sense the clamor for a declaration of independence was never greater.