common

Definitions of common in various dictionaries:

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

adj - belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole

adj - having no special distinction or quality

adj - common to or shared by two or more parties

adj - commonly encountered

adj - being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

adj - of or associated with the great masses of people

adj - of low or inferior quality or value

adj - lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

adj - to be expected

Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint: common interests.

Of or relating to the community as a whole; public: for the common good.

Widespread; prevalent.

Occurring frequently or habitually; usual.

Most widely known; ordinary: the common housefly.

Having no special designation, status, or rank: a common sailor.

Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics; average: the common spectator.

Of no special quality; standard: common procedure.

Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate: common cloth.

Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar: behavior that branded him as common.

Grammar.

Either masculine or feminine in gender.

Representing one or all of the members of a class; not designating a unique entity.

The political class composed of commoners.

The parliamentary representatives of this class.

Often Commons.

A tract of land, usually in a centrally located spot, belonging to or used by a community as a whole: a band concert on the village common.

A building or hall for dining, typically at a university or college.

Common stock.

A service used for a particular class of festivals.

adj - of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events

noun - something that is ordinary

noun - a tract of publicly used land