Definition of "common" []

Belonging equally to or shared equally by two or more; joint: common interests. (adjective)
Of or relating to the community as a whole; public: for the common good. See Usage Note at mutual. (adjective)
Widespread; prevalent. (adjective)
Occurring frequently or habitually; usual. (adjective)
Most widely known; ordinary: the common housefly. (adjective)

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Use "common" in a sentence

"In speaking of the incommensurability of values, Berlin seems to have meant that there is no common measure, no ˜common currency™ for comparison, in judging between any two values in the abstract."
"Moore was not a systematic philosopher: unlike Reid's philosophy of common sense, Moore's ˜common sense™ is not a system."
"Other common names: _Yellow locust_; _common locust_; _locust_."

Words like "common"

average communal democratic demotic familiar frequent

general habitual inferior informal lowborn national

ordinary popular public shared standard threadbare

trite usual vulgar