land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community
the mismanagement of a commons
the global commons of Antarctica
provisions shared in common; rations
occurring, found, or done often; prevalent
salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings
common misspellings
it's common for children to have middle ear infections
showing a lack of taste and refinement supposedly typical of the lower classes; vulgar
she's so common
(in Latin, Dutch, and certain other languages) of or denoting a gender of nouns that are conventionally regarded as masculine or feminine, contrasting with neuter
(of a syllable) able to be either short or long
(of a crime) of lesser severity
common assault
a piece of open land for public use
we spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers
common sense
(in the Christian Church) a form of service used for each of a group of occasions
a person's right over another's land, e.g. for pasturage or mineral extraction