common
Cross references:
1. reciprocal
1. com.mon \'ka:m-*n\ \-*n-n*s\ aj [ME commun, fr. OF, fr. L communis -
more at MEAN] 1a: of or relating to a community at large : PUBLIC 1b:
known to the community {~ nuisance} 2a: belonging to or shared by two or
more individuals or by all members of a group 2b: belonging equally to two
or more quantities 2c: having two or more branches {~ carotid artery} 3a:
occurring or appearing frequently : FAMILIAR 3b: of the best known kind {~
salt} 4a: WIDESPREAD, GENERAL {~ knowledge} 4b: characterized by a lack
of privilege or special status {~ peop le} 4c: ELEMENTARY, SIMPLE {~
decency} 5a: falling below ordinary standards : SECOND-RATE 5b: lacking
refinement 5c: completely unprincipled of gender 6a: either masculine or
feminine of a substantive 6b: naming any of a class of beings or things
of a grammatical case 6c: denoting relations by a single form that in a
more highly inflected la nguage might be denoted by two or more different
case formsON implies usual everyday quality or frequency of occurrence and
occasionally connotes inferiority; ORDINARY stresses accordance in quality
or kind with the regular order of things rather than frequency; FAMILIAR
stresses the fact of being generally known and easily recognized; POPULAR
applies to what is accepted by or prevalent among people in general
sometimes in contrast to upper classes or special groups; VULGAR may
occasionally apply to popular esp. as opposed to the learned but nearly
always now connotes crudeness of manners or taste - com.mon.ly av SYN syn
ORDINARY, FAMILIAR, POPULAR, VULGAR: COMM
2. common n pl 1: the common people pl but sing in constr 2: a dining
hall pl but sing or pl in constr, often cap 3a: the political group or
estate comprising the commoners 3b: the parliamentary representatives of
the commoners 3c: HOUSE OF COMMONS 4: the legal right of taking a profit
in another's land in common with the owner 5: a piece of land subject to
common use : as 5a: undivided land used esp. for pasture 5b: a public
open area in a municipality 6a: a religious service suitable for any of
various festivals 6b: the ordinary of the mass 1: shared together 2: in
a community - in common