Look up: COMMON

1. common
   Waters:Most varieties breed in the saltWaters of the Atlantic near the coast of Bermuda. The eggs then float their way back towards Europe where they hatch (becoming elvers) along the coast and wriggle their way inland by rivers and streams till they reach the ponds, bogs, and swamps which are their homes. Eels live in these ponds and streams for about ten years before swimming back out toward the Atlantic where they spawn and then die. Description (in water): This long, snakelike fish has a smo…
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2. common
   [adj] - common to or shared by two or more parties 2. [adj] - to be expected 3. [adj] - of or associated with the great masses of people 4. [adj] - being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language 5. [adj] - commonly encountered 6. [adj] - belonging to or par...
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3. Common
   Used to describe words, signs and symbols, patterns of spelling and grammatical constructions that occur frequently in the learner`s everyday experiences. Also, units, measures, instruments, tools, etc. that are widely used in everyday life in non-specialist contexts
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4. Common
   A term used to indicate the return path for a signal, or a fixed point against which measurements are taken. It is important to realize that the use of this term does not necessarily indicate that it is itself at a low potential. For example, the common on an un-isolated drive will be at mains potential and must not be grounded.
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5. common
   term applied to wines which are sound but without any special quality Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • in North American grading rules a collective term for a) medium and low-grade hardwood lumber; b) softwood lumber suitable for general construct...
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6. Common
   Common land is land which is either subject to rights of common or open waste land. Rights of common include a right to pasture, to fish (piscary), to cut turf (turbary) and to take wood (estovers) but they all share the characteristic that something is taken from the land. A town or village green i...
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7. Common
   Com'mon adjective [ Compar. Commoner ; superl. Commonest .] [ Middle English commun , comon , Old French comun , French commun , from Latin communis ; <...
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8. Common
   Com'mon noun 1. The people; the community. [ Obsolete] 'The weal o' the common .' Shak. 2. An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number...
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9. Common
   Com'mon intransitive verb 1. To converse together; to discourse; to confer. [ Obsolete] « Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of. Grafton. » 2. To participate. [ ...
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10. common
    mutual adjective common to or shared by two or more parties; `a common friend`; `the mutual interests of management and labor`
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11. common
    plebeian adjective of or associated with the great masses of people; `the common people in those days suffered greatly`; `behavior that branded him as common`; `his square plebeian nose`; `a vulgar and objectionable person`; `the unwashed masses`
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12. common
    usual adjective commonly encountered; `a common (or familiar) complaint`; `the usual greeting`
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13. common
    vernacular adjective being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; `common parlance`; `a vernacular term`; `vernacular speakers`; `the vulgar tongue of the masses`; `the technical and vulgar names for an animal species`
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14. common
    adjective to be expected; standard; `common decency`
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15. Common
    • (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground. • (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property. • (n.) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with...
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16. Common
    Common is slang for common sense.
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17. Common
    Common is slang for common sense.
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18. common
    a quatrain that rhymes abab and alternates four-stress and three-stress iambic lines (each pair equivalent to a single line of 14 syllables), the metre of the hymn and the ballad. An example is 'Sir Patrick Spence.' Short or half measure consists of a six-stress, 12-syllable line split into two thre...
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19. Common
    An ordinary plain-appearing horse
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20. Common
    (entertainer) `Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr.` (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name `Common` (previously `Common Sense`), is an American hip hop artist, and actor. Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground artist fol...
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21. COMMON
    `COMMON` is the largest association of users of IBM midrange computers and IBM-compatible technology in the world.<ref name=IBMiSociety>--> The users` group is a private, not-for-profit organization that provides education, tools, resources and networking opportunities for IBM System i users, esp...
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