Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: common
IPA transcription: [k'ɑmən]
Pronunciations of common
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: common
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: common
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: common, mutual
    Meaning: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
  • Synonyms: common, usual
    Meaning: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
  • Synonyms: common, vernacular, vulgar
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed
    Meaning: 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"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: park, commons, common, green
    Meaning: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"
Usage examples
  • Clapham Common.
  • By common consent
  • COMMON SIMPLE DYES.
  • Debased by common use
  • This is a common fault.
  • But she is very common."
  • Common ground of agreement
  • I had in common with others
  • That's the common complaint.
  • This isn't like a common carpet.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rosary, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Guide dog, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helium, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Service-oriented architecture, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The World Without Us, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Wife selling (English custom), License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Earth, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Wage reform in the Soviet Union, 1956–62, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Social anxiety, License CC BY-SA 4.0