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common

nounadjective /kɑmən/ 2 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 12 WWF 16
Definitions
noun

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

adjective

to be expected; standard

“common decency”

adjective

common to or shared by two or more parties

“a common friend”

adjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

“common parlance”

adjective

commonly encountered

“a common (or familiar) complaint”

adjective

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

“behavior that branded him as common”

adjective

of or associated with the great masses of people

“the common people in those days suffered greatly”

adjective

of low or inferior quality or value

“produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population”

adjective

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

“for the common good”

adjective

having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

“the common man”

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