Look up: common

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   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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   [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 participated in by a community as a whole 7. [adj] - of no special distinction or quality
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   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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   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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   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 construction and manufacture; c) grades of lumber containing defects that render it unsuitable for finish ...
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   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 is different in that it usually describes land over ...
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   Definition (keystage 3) Something is common if it has the same relationship to several other things. Eg a common root is a root of more than one equation.
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   Com'mon adjective [ Compar. Commoner ; superl. Commonest .] [ Middle English commun , comon , Old French comun , French commun , from Latin communis ; com- + munis ready to be of service; confer Sanskrit mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, German g ...
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   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 of persons. 3. (Law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- ...
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    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. [ Obsolete] Sir T. More. 3. To have a joint right with others in common ground. Johnson. 4. To board together; to ea ...
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    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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    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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    usual adjective commonly encountered; `a common (or familiar) complaint`; `the usual greeting`
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    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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    adjective to be expected; standard; `common decency`
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    Common
    `Common` or commons may refer to: *`Commons` an abbreviation for the House of Commons *Common land *Common (language), fictional language used in sci-fi and fantasy literature *Common noun *Common (rapper), Chicago based hip-hop artist formerly known as Common Sense *Common stock, most usual form of stock in a corporation *Creative Commons, non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others legally to bu...
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    • (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 other persons; -- so called from the community of...
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    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 three-stress, trimeter lines. Long measure has eight-s...
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