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adj
noun
- Someone who has a right over another's land. They hold common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land. eg: centuries-old grazing rights
- (British) Someone who is not of noble rank.
- A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
- (card games) a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar.
- a person who holds no title
noun
adj
noun
- The quality of being common in the sense of ordinary, usual or mundane.
- sharing of common attributes
- The quality of being common in the sense of vulgar, coarse or low class.
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
- the state of being that is commonly observed
adj
noun
adj
- commonly encountered
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (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.
adj
noun
noun
- plural of common
- (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
- (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
- (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
- The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy.
- Food in general; rations.
- (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- a pasture subject to common use
verb
adj
- Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
- Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
- Intimate or friendly.
- Acquainted.
- within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
- (usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly
- well known or easily recognized
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
noun
- (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
- (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
- A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
- a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
verb
- have in common
- To have or use in common.
- communicate
- use jointly or in common
- give out as one's portion or share
- have, give, or receive a share of
- To tell to another.
- (networking) To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To divide and distribute.
noun
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.
- (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
adj
adv
noun
adj
- Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
- prevailing among and common to the general public
- Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
- Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
- Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
- Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
- (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
- somewhat indefinite
- of worldwide scope or applicability
- applying to all or most members of a category or group
- affecting the entire body
- not specialized or limited to one class of things
noun
- (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
- (military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
- (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid-of-all-work.
- (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
- (uncountable) General anesthesia.
- A great strategist or tactician.
- (uncountable, insurance) The general insurance industry.
- (countable) A general anesthetic.
- the head of a religious order or congregation
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
- a general officer of the highest rank
verb
adj
- Common among the general public; generally accepted.
- Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
- Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
- (law) Concerning the people; public.
- Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
- Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
- carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
- (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
- representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
- regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
noun
adj
- habitual
- persisting for a long time
- being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
- (informal) Extremely serious.
- (slang) Very bad, awful.
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
- Inveterate or habitual.
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
noun
- A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
- (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
adj
- most frequent or common
- Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
- (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
- exercising influence or control
- Ruling; governing; prevailing
- (music) Being the dominant
- (of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
- (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
noun
- an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
- (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
- A species or organism that is dominant.
- (genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
- (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
adj
- (especially taxonomy) Common, usual; of the typical kind.
- (mathematics) Being a vulgar fraction.
- Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
- (historical or derogatory) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of or associated with the great masses of people
noun
noun
adj
verb
noun
- sharing of common attributes
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- Such a shared attribute or characteristic
- (telecommunications) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
- The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
adj
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- markedly different from the usual; special
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
noun
adj
- Typical.
- (not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
- (informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
- Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
noun
- (statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
- (law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
- (mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
- (sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
- an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
- (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution
verb
- (transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
- (transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
- (transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
- (intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
- compute the average of
- achieve or reach on average
- amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
adj
noun
adj
- Ordinary, commonplace.
- Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
- Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
- (agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
- (bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
- (weaponry) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
- unimaginative and conformist
- rigidly formal or bound by convention
- conforming with accepted standards
- following accepted customs and proprieties
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
- in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
noun
prep
adj
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).
- (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.
- Similar.
- conforming in every respect
- having the same or similar characteristics
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
- equal in amount or value
conj
noun
- (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
- a similar kind
- a kind of person
particle
- (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
- (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story
- (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.
- (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
verb
- (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
- (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
- (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- (informal, personification) To be prone to.
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
- want to have
- be fond of
- find enjoyable or agreeable
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
adv
noun
- the common people generally
- a body of matter without definite shape
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
adj
verb
noun
- the common people generally
- (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
- members of a family line
- the body of citizens of a state or country
- A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
- People in general, humans, by extension sentient beings real or fictional.
- One's colleagues or employees.
- (countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
- plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
- A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
verb
noun
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
- A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
noun
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- elegance in dress or behavior
- a body of students who graduate together
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- a league ranked by quality
- people having the same social, economic, or educational status
- a body of students who are taught together
- Best of its kind.
- (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
- (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
- (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
- (sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.
- (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
- (India) a grade, standard, level of education.
- (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
- A series of lessons covering a single subject.
- (statistics) A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.
- (education, countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
- (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
- A single lesson in a series.
- (object-oriented programming, countable) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc.
- One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
- (set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper).
verb
adj
noun
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- a person having kinship with another or others
- a social unit living together
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
adj
adj
- Familiar.
- Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
- That is no longer in existence.
- Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
- (UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- (informal, of a person or pet) Indicating affection and familiarity.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
- Obsolete; out-of-date.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
- Former, previous.
- skilled through long experience
- of long duration; not new
- excellent
- (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- just preceding something else in time or order
- belonging to some prior time
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
noun
- (slang, most often plural) One's parents.
- (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- past times
prefix
noun
adj
noun
- The quality of being common in the sense of ordinary, usual or mundane.
- sharing of common attributes
- The quality of being common in the sense of vulgar, coarse or low class.
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
- the state of being that is commonly observed
noun
- plural of common
- (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
- (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
- (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
- The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy.
- Food in general; rations.
- (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- a pasture subject to common use
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- sharing of common attributes
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
- Such a shared attribute or characteristic
- (telecommunications) A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
- The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
noun
- the common people generally
- a body of matter without definite shape
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
adj
verb
noun
- the common people generally
- (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
- members of a family line
- the body of citizens of a state or country
- A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
- People in general, humans, by extension sentient beings real or fictional.
- One's colleagues or employees.
- (countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
- plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
- A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
verb
noun
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
- A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
noun
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- elegance in dress or behavior
- a body of students who graduate together
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
- education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
- a league ranked by quality
- people having the same social, economic, or educational status
- a body of students who are taught together
- Best of its kind.
- (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
- (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
- (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
- (sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.
- (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
- (India) a grade, standard, level of education.
- (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
- A series of lessons covering a single subject.
- (statistics) A grouping of data values in an interval, often used for computation of a frequency distribution.
- (education, countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
- (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
- A single lesson in a series.
- (object-oriented programming, countable) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc.
- One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
- (set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper).
verb
adj
noun
- a collection of things sharing a common attribute
- a person having kinship with another or others
- a social unit living together
- people descended from a common ancestor
- a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
- an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
- primary social group; parents and children
- (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
- (uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
- (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
- (uncountable, gay slang) The gay community.
- A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
- A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
- (linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
- Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
- A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (set theory, countable) A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
- (uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
- An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
adj
verb
- have in common
- To have or use in common.
- communicate
- use jointly or in common
- give out as one's portion or share
- have, give, or receive a share of
- To tell to another.
- (networking) To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To divide and distribute.
noun
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
- any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- (finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- (social media) The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- (computing) A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- (anatomy) The sharebone or pubis.
- (agriculture) The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
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adj
noun
- Someone who has a right over another's land. They hold common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially rights on common land. eg: centuries-old grazing rights
- (British) Someone who is not of noble rank.
- A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
- (card games) a rankless or average player in Tycoon; not the tycoon, rich, poor, or beggar.
- a person who holds no title
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noun
adj
- commonly encountered
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of low or inferior quality or value
- to be expected; standard
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- (taxonomy) Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- (taxonomy) As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- (law) Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- (grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
noun
- a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- (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.
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noun
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- Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
- Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
- Intimate or friendly.
- Acquainted.
- within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
- (usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly
- well known or easily recognized
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
noun
- (witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
- (historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
- A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
- a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
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noun
adj
- Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
- prevailing among and common to the general public
- Not of a specific class; miscellaneous.
- Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
- Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.
- Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range.
- (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
- somewhat indefinite
- of worldwide scope or applicability
- applying to all or most members of a category or group
- affecting the entire body
- not specialized or limited to one class of things
noun
- (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
- (military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
- (xiangqi) A xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.
- (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid-of-all-work.
- (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
- (uncountable) General anesthesia.
- A great strategist or tactician.
- (uncountable, insurance) The general insurance industry.
- (countable) A general anesthetic.
- the head of a religious order or congregation
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
- a general officer of the highest rank
verb
adj
- Common among the general public; generally accepted.
- Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
- Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
- (law) Concerning the people; public.
- Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
- Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
- carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
- (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
- representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
- regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
noun
adj
- habitual
- persisting for a long time
- being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
- (informal) Extremely serious.
- (slang) Very bad, awful.
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- (slang) Good, great; "wicked".
- (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.
- Inveterate or habitual.
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
noun
- A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
- (slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- (medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
adj
- most frequent or common
- Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
- (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
- exercising influence or control
- Ruling; governing; prevailing
- (music) Being the dominant
- (of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
- (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
noun
- an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
- (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
- A species or organism that is dominant.
- (genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
- (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
adj
- (especially taxonomy) Common, usual; of the typical kind.
- (mathematics) Being a vulgar fraction.
- Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
- (historical or derogatory) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- of or associated with the great masses of people
noun
adj
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- markedly different from the usual; special
- characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
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adj
- Typical.
- (not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
- (informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
- Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
noun
- (statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
- (law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
- (mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
- (sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
- an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual
- (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities
- a statistic describing the location of a distribution
verb
- (transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
- (transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
- (transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
- (intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
- compute the average of
- achieve or reach on average
- amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
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noun
adj
- Ordinary, commonplace.
- Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
- Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
- (agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
- (bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
- (weaponry) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
- unimaginative and conformist
- rigidly formal or bound by convention
- conforming with accepted standards
- following accepted customs and proprieties
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
- in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
noun
adj
- Familiar.
- Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
- That is no longer in existence.
- Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
- (UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- (informal, of a person or pet) Indicating affection and familiarity.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
- Obsolete; out-of-date.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
- Former, previous.
- skilled through long experience
- of long duration; not new
- excellent
- (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- just preceding something else in time or order
- belonging to some prior time
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
noun
- (slang, most often plural) One's parents.
- (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- past times