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- Dictionarycommon/ˈkɒmən/
adjective
- 1. occurring, found, or done often; prevalent: "salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings" Similar Opposite
- 2. shared by, coming from, or done by two or more people, groups, or things: "the two republics' common border" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a piece of open land for public use: "we spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers"
- 2. common sense. informal British
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If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often. His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway. Oil pollution is the commonest cause of death for seabirds. Earthquakes are not common in this part of the world.
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When something's common, it's usual, or it happens frequently. It's more common than you might think for little kids to be terrified of clowns. Things that are common happen all the time — they're ordinary. It's common for people to put ketchup on their French fries, and a pigeon is an extremely common type of bird to see in a city.
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