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com·mon·place
(kŏm′ən-plās′)adj.
1. Ordinary; common: a period when labor strikes were commonplace.
2. Uninteresting; unremarkable: "his disappointment at finding his child so commonplace" (Jane Stevenson).
n.
1.
a. A trite or obvious saying; a platitude: "the solidified commonplaces of established wisdom" (John Simon).
b. Something, especially an occurrence, that is ordinary or common: "These stories dealt only with the commonplaces of life" (Jack London).
2. Archaic A passage marked for reference or entered in a commonplace book.
[Translation of Latin locus commūnis, generally applicable literary passage, translation of Greek koinos topos.]
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commonplace
(ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs)adj
1. ordinary; everyday: commonplace duties.
2. dull and obvious; trite: commonplace prose.
n
3. something dull and trite, esp a remark; platitude; truism
4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a passage in a book marked for inclusion in a commonplace book, etc
5. an ordinary or common thing
[C16: translation of Latin locus commūnis argument of wide application, translation of Greek koinos topos]
ˈcommonˌplaceness n
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com•mon•place
(ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪs)adj.
1. ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting.
2. dull or platitudinous: a commonplace remark.
n. 3. a well-known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying; platitude.
4. anything common, ordinary, or uninteresting.
5. Archaic. a place or passage in a book or writing noted as important for reference or quotation.
[1525–35; translation of Latin locus commūnis, itself translation of Greek koinòs tópos]
com′mon•place`ness, n.
syn: commonplace, banal, trite, hackneyed describe words, remarks, and styles of expression that are lifeless and uninteresting. commonplace characterizes expression that is so ordinary, self-evident, or generally accepted as to be boring or pointless: a commonplace affirmation of the obvious. banal often suggests an inane or insipid quality: banal conversation. trite suggests that an expression has lost its force because of excessive repetition: trite poetic imagery. hackneyed is a stronger word implying that the expression has become meaningless from overuse: hackneyed metaphors.
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| Noun | 1. | commonplace - a trite or obvious remark comment, remark, input - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" truism - an obvious truth |
| Adj. | 1. | commonplace - completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities" ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" |
| 2. |  commonplace - not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"unexciting - not exciting; "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life" | |
| 3. | commonplace - repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham |
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commonplace
adjective
1. everyday, common, ordinary, widespread, pedestrian, customary, mundane, vanilla (slang), banal, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, dime-a-dozen (informal) Foreign vacations have become commonplace nowadays.
everyday new, interesting, original, novel, strange, exciting, rare, unique, unusual, extraordinary, unfamiliar, uncommon, ground-breaking, infrequent, left-field (informal)
everyday new, interesting, original, novel, strange, exciting, rare, unique, unusual, extraordinary, unfamiliar, uncommon, ground-breaking, infrequent, left-field (informal)
noun
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commonplace
adjective2. Being of no special quality or type:
3. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:
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Translations
عادي، تافِه، مُبْتَذَل
všední
almindelighverdagsagtigordinær
hversdagslegur
commonplace
[ˈkɒmənpleɪs]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
commonplace
[ˈkɒmənpleɪs] adj → banal(e), ordinairecommon room n (British) (for students) → salle f communeCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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common
(ˈkomən) adjective1. seen or happening often; quite normal or usual. a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.
2. belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one. This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.
3. publicly owned. common property.
4. coarse or impolite. She uses some very common expressions.
5. of ordinary, not high, social rank. the common people.
6. of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence). The house is empty.
noun (a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings. the village common.
ˈcommoner noun a person who is not of high rank. The royal princess married a commoner.
common knowledge something known to everyone or to most people. Surely you know that already – it's common knowledge.
common ˈlaw noun a system of unwritten laws based on old customs and on judges' earlier decisions.
ˈcommon-law adjective referring to a relationship between two people who are not officially married, but have the same rights as husband and wife. a common-law marriage; a common-law wife/husband.
ˈcommonplace adjective very ordinary and uninteresting. commonplace remarks.
ˈcommon-room noun in a college, school etc a sitting-room for the use of a group.
common sense practical good sense. If he has any common sense he'll change jobs.
the Common Market (formerly) an association of certain European countries to establish free trade (without duty, tariffs etc) among them, now replaced by the European Union.
the (House of) Commons the lower house of the British parliament.
in common (of interests, attitudes, characteristics etc) shared or alike. They have nothing in common – I don't know why they're getting married.
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