Common Definition

kŏmən
commonest, commoner
adjective
commonest, commoner
Belonging equally to, or shared by, two or more or by all.
The common interests of a group.
Webster's New World
Belonging or relating to the community at large; public.
Common carriers.
Webster's New World
Widely existing; general; prevalent.
Common knowledge.
Webster's New World
Widely but unfavorably known.
A common criminal.
Webster's New World
Met with or occurring frequently; familiar; usual.
A common sight.
Webster's New World
noun
The common people; commonalty.
American Heritage
The social class composed of commoners.
American Heritage
Land owned or used by all the inhabitants of a place; tract of open public land, esp. as a park in a city or town.
Webster's New World
The parliamentary representatives of this class.
American Heritage
The ordinary of the Mass.
Webster's New World
verb
Grafton.
Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
in common
  • Equally with or by all.
American Heritage
in common
  • equally with, or shared by, another or all concerned
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Common

Noun

Singular:
common
Plural:
commons

Adjective

Base Form:
common
Comparative:
commoner
Superlative:
commonest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Common

Origin of Common

  • From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Frankish gemeini, gamaini "common" in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ko-moin-i (“held in common”). Displaced native Middle English ȝemǣne, imene (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mǣne, mene (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English commune from Old French commun from Latin commūnis mei-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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