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common — com·mon 1 adj 1 a: of or relating to a community at large: public common defense b: known to the community a common thief 2: belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group … Law dictionary
common — commonness, n. /kom euhn/, adj., commoner, commonest, n. adj. 1. belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property; common interests. 2. pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or… … Universalium
common — [käm′ən] adj. [ME commun < OFr comun < L communis (OL comoinis), shared by all or many < IE * kom moini , common (< * kom,COM + * moini , achievement < base * mei , to exchange, barter) > OE gemæne, public, general, Ger gemein:… … English World dictionary
common — com•mon [[t]ˈkɒm ən[/t]] adj. er, est, n. adj. 1) belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common objectives[/ex] 2) pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture: a common… … From formal English to slang
common — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ordinary, standard, usual, conventional; joint, shared; prevalent, general, universal, popular, customary, vulgar, ill bred, plebeian, coarse. See conformity, habit, generality, populace. II (Roget… … English dictionary for students
common — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English commun, from Anglo French, from Latin communis more at mean Date: 13th century 1. a. of or relating to a community at large ; public < work for the common good > b. known to the community … New Collegiate Dictionary
mutual — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. reciprocal, common, joint, correlative. See interchange, party. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Reciprocal] Syn. reciprocal, interchangeable, correlative, complementary, done reciprocally, acting… … English dictionary for students
common — /ˈkɒmən / (say komuhn) adjective 1. belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property. 2. joint; united: to make common cause against the enemy. 3. relating or belonging to the whole community; public:… …
common — Belonging or shared equally by more than one. Of frequent occurrence. Without special or distinguishing characteristics. An incorporeal hereditament which consists in a profit which one man has in connection with one or more others in the land of … Black's law dictionary
common — Belonging or shared equally by more than one. Of frequent occurrence. Without special or distinguishing characteristics. An incorporeal hereditament which consists in a profit which one man has in connection with one or more others in the land of … Black's law dictionary
