[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"common"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/individual]individual[/URL]] [*]of 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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/uncommon]uncommon[/URL]] [*]common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/mutual]mutual[/URL]] [*]commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/usual]usual[/URL]] [*]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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/vernacular]vernacular[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/vulgar]vulgar[/URL]] [*]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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/plebeian]plebeian[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/vulgar]vulgar[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/unwashed]unwashed[/URL]] [*]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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/coarse]coarse[/URL]] [*]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: [URL=http://www.word.sc/coarse]coarse[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/rough-cut]rough-cut[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/uncouth]uncouth[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/vulgar]vulgar[/URL]] [*]to be expected; standard; "common decency" [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/park]park[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/commons]commons[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/green]green[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/common]http://www.word.sc/common[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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