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Words with a similar base: common, commons

'common'

[park.n.02] as in: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

Examples:
they went for a walk in the park

'common'

[common.a.01] as in: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

Examples:
for the common good
common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community

'common'

[common.a.02] as in: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

Examples:
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

'common'

[common.s.01] as in: common to or shared by two or more parties

Examples:
a common friend
the mutual interests of management and labor

'common'

[common.s.02] as in: commonly encountered

Examples:
a common (or familiar) complaint
the usual greeting

'common'

[common.s.03] as in: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

Examples:
common parlance
a vernacular term
vernacular speakers
the vulgar tongue of the masses
the technical and vulgar names for an animal species

'common'

[common.s.04] as in: of or associated with the great masses of people

Examples:
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

'common'

[coarse.s.02] as in: of low or inferior quality or value; - Shakespeare

Examples:
of what coarse metal ye are molded
produced...the

common cloths used by the poorer population

'common'

[coarse.s.01] as in: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

Examples:
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
the vulgar display of the newly rich

'common'

[common.s.07] as in: to be expected; standard

Examples:
common decency

Origins

					common (English)
└── comun (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── comun (Anglo-Norman)
        └── comun (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── communis (Latin)
                └── comoine (Latin)