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Meaning of common

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  common
      adj 1: 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" [ant:
             {individual}, {single}]
      2: having 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" [ant: {uncommon}]
      3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
         friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
         {common}, {mutual}]
      4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
         "the usual greeting" [syn: {common}, {usual}]
      5: 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" [syn: {common},
         {vernacular}, {vulgar}]
      6: 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" [syn:
         {common}, {plebeian}, {vulgar}, {unwashed}]
      7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
         are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
         by the poorer population" [syn: {coarse}, {common}]
      8: 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--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste
         for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn:
         {coarse}, {common}, {rough-cut}, {uncouth}, {vulgar}]
      9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
      n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
           "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: {park}, {commons},
           {common}, {green}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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