common

common (http://definr.com/common)

     adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole;
            public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set
            aside for use by all members of a community" [ant: individual]
     2: of no special distinction or quality; widely known or
        commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the
        common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a
        common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is
        common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common
        housefly"; "a common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon]
     3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
        friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
        [syn: mutual]
     4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
        "the usual greeting" [syn: usual]
     5: 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"
        [syn: vernacular, vulgar]
     6: 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"
        [syn: plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
     7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal
        ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths
        used by the poorer population" [syn: coarse]
     8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
        manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him
        as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an
        uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the
        vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the
        newly rich" [syn: coarse, uncouth, vulgar]
     9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
     n : a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
         "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
          green]