Meaning of common | Babel Free

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1. common, ordinary
2. Mutual; shared by more than one.
3. Equally with or by all.
4. common, joint, shared
5. Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
6. in common, in joint possession or use; shared equally.
7. usual
8. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
9. (a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings. the village common. dorpsgrond أرْض عامَّه ، أرْض مَشاع общинска земя espaço aberto obecní pozemek das Gemeindeland fællesareal κοινόχρηστος υπαίθριος χώρος κοινότητας tierras comunales ühispuhkeala محوطۀ عمومی yhteismaa terrain communal שטח צבורי, ציבורי सामूहिक या शामिलाती जमीन općinska zemlja közlegelő tanah umum almenningur terreno comunale 共有地 공유지 bendruomenės žemė/pieva laukums sabiedriskiem pasākumiem tanah awam me...
10. all of the people or inhabitants of a city, town
11. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
12. a person who is not of high rank. The royal princess married a commoner. burger, lid van Engelse Laerhuis شَخْصٌ من عامَّة الشَّعْب обикновен гражданин plebeu prostý občan der/die Bürgerliche borgerlig κοινός θνητός plebeyo lihtkodanik آدم عادی؛ جزو عوام aateliton roturier/-ière אֶזְרָח פָּשוּט साधारण जो ऊंचे ओहदे का नहीं हो pučanin, građanin közember orang biasa alþÿðumaður cittadino comune 平民 보통사람 paprastas, nekilmingas žmogus vienkāršās tautas pārstāvis rakyat biasa gewone burger borgerlig...
13. community
14. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
15. something known to everyone or to most people. Surely you know that already – it's common knowledge. algemene kennis أمْرٌ مَعْروف، مَفْهوم عام всеобщо известен факт conhecimento geral věc všeobecně známá allgemein bekannt almindeligt kendt κοινή γνώση, κτ. πασίγνωστο dominio público üldiselt teada عمومی؛ ابتدایی yleistieto de notoriété publique דָבַר יָדוּע opće poznata stvar ili činjenica köztudomású rahasia umum almenn vitneskja, á allra vitorði dominio pubblico 常識 상식 visiems žinomas dalyk...
16. As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
17. a system of unwritten laws based on old customs and on judges' earlier decisions. gemene reg القانون العام обичайно право direito comum zvykové právo das Gemeinrecht sædvaneret εθιμικό δίκαιο derecho consuetudinario tavaõigus قانون عرفی kirjoittamaton laki droit coutumier הַדִין הַמקוּבָּל लोक विधि običajno pravo szokásjog hukum adat legge non scritta 慣習法 불문법 bendroji teisė paražu tiesības hukum adat gewoonterechtsedvanerett, gammel hevd prawo zwyczajowe حقوقی общее право zvykové právo obče p...
18. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
19. referring to a relationship between two people who are not officially married, but have the same rights as husband and wife. a common-law marriage; a common-law wife/husband. houman, houvrou مُتَعَلِّق بِالقانون العام на семейни начела casamento de fato zvykové právo; anglo-americké obecné právo eheänliche Gemeinschaft papirløs που έχει σχέση με τη συγκατοίκηση ζεύγους de hecho vabaabielu-, vabaabieluline عرفی avo- concubinage יָדוּע בַּצִיבּוּר ऐसे संबंध के बारे में जो आधिकारिक रूप से विवाहि...
20. Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
21. very ordinary and uninteresting. commonplace remarks. gemeenplaas عادي، تافِه، مُبْتَذَل банален banal všední uninteressant almindelig; hverdagsagtig; ordinær κοινότοπος, μη ενδιαφέρων común, corriente (liiga) tavaline عادی؛ پیش پا افتاده tavallinen banalשגרתי साधारण निरस जगह običan, nezanimljiv elcsépelt murahan hversdagslegur banale 平凡な 평범한 įprastas, banalus ikdienišķs; nodrāzts; banāls tempat biasa alledaagsbanal, triviell, alminneligbanalny عمومى موضوع: تر پښولاندې (عادى مساله)، عادى خبره...
22. Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
23. in a college, school etc a sitting-room for the use of a group. geselskamer غُرْفَة اسْتِراحَه всекидневна в колеж sala comum společenská místnost der Gemeinschaftsraum fællesrum; lærerværelse; opholdsrum κοινόχρηστη αίθουσα sala común, salón puhketuba اتق اساتید؛ سالن دانشجویان oleskelutila salle commune חֶדֶר סֶגֶל विनोद कक्ष zajednička soba társalgó ruangan umum salur, setustofa nemenda sala di ritrovo 休憩室 휴게실 bendrasis kambarys telpa kopīgiem pasākumiem bilik rehat koffiekamerfellesrom, l...
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24. Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
25. practical good sense. If he has any common sense he'll change jobs. gesonde verstand إدْراك سَليم، إحْساس فِطْري صَحيح здрав разум senso comum zdravý rozum gesunder Menschenverstand sund fornuft; omtanke κοινός νους, κοινή λογικήsentido común terve mõistus درایت؛ شعور terve järki sens commun הִגָיוֹן सहज बुद्धि, सामान्य बोध zdrav razum józan ész akal sehat heilbrigð skynsemi buon senso 常識 상식 sveikas protas veselais saprāts akal gezond verstandsunn fornuftzdrowy rozsądek درآید senso comum simţ...
26. Profane; polluted.
    obsolete
27. Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.”

“Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.”

“Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.”

“They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning.”

“common knowledge, common decency, common sense”

“No man of common humanity, no man who had any value for his character, could be capable of it.”

“It is common to find sharks off this coast.”

“Thus it is sayde in the cōmon vsage.”

Thus it is said in the common usage.

“That loss is common would not make ⁠My own less bitter, rather more: ⁠Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break.”

“Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.”

“"Commoner" used to be commoner, but "more common" is now more common.”

“Sharks are common in these waters.”

“It differs from the common blackbird in the size of its beak.”

“Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)”

“Machine learning was the most common method of AI listed in patent requests.”

“In our daily-diary studies, one source of awe was by far the most common: other people. Regular acts of courage—bystanders defusing fights, subordinates standing up to abusive power holders—inspired awe.”

“the common folk”

“This fact was infamous / And ill beseeming any common man, / Much more a knight, a captain and a leader.”

“above the vulgar flight of common souls”

“Mr. Crackit (for he it was) had no very great quantity of hair, either upon his head or face, but what he had was of a reddish dye, and tortured into long corkscrew curls, through which he occasionally thrust some very dirty fingers ornamented with large common rings.”

“Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.”

“If it be asked wherein the utility of some modern extensions of mathematics lies, it must be acknowledged that it is at present difficult to see how they are ever to become applicable to questions of common life or physical science.”

“She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.”

“the common daisy (Bellis perennis)”

“common name vs. scientific name.”

“common law”

“As to eleemoſynary corporations, by the dotation the founder and his heirs are of common right the legal viſitors, to ſee that that property is rightly employed, which would otherwiſe have deſcended to the viſitor himſelf: […]”

“What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.”

“a Dame who her self was as Common as the King's High Way”

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