commonness

commonness
noun see common I

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Commonness — Com mon*ness, n. 1. State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight. [1913 Webster] 2. Triteness; meanness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • commonness — index frequency, mediocrity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • commonness — common ► ADJECTIVE (commoner, commonest) 1) occurring, found, or done often; not rare. 2) without special qualities, rank, or position; ordinary. 3) of the most familiar type. 4) showing a lack of taste and refinement supposedly typical of the… …   English terms dictionary

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  • commonness — noun The quality of being common …   Wiktionary

  • commonness — Synonyms and related words: Attic simplicity, accustomedness, averageness, banality, banalness, baseness, chasteness, classical purity, cliche, coarseness, common occurrence, commonality, commonplaceness, confirmedness, conventionality, corniness …   Moby Thesaurus

  • commonness — com·mon·ness || kÉ’mÉ™nnɪs n. ordinariness; simplicity; coarseness; lack of quality …   English contemporary dictionary

  • commonness — com·mon·ness …   English syllables

  • commonness — noun 1. the state of being that is commonly observed • Syn: ↑expectedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑expected (for: ↑expectedness), ↑common • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • common — commonness, n. /kom euhn/, adj., commoner, commonest, n. adj. 1. belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property; common interests. 2. pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or… …   Universalium

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