Meaning

2 senses
  1. A piece of land or a room that is designed for the use of multiple visitors to or inhabitants of a place.

    The dorm offered students the choice of retreating to the privacy of their rooms, or mingling in the common area.

  2. In a condominium or other cooperative residential facility, an area owned by the organization that oversees the facility, but is not owned by any specific resident.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Ivy is so common in this area.

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  2. Jackals are pretty common in the area.

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  3. Jackals can be pretty common in the area.

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  4. Let's make sure we tidy up the common areas.

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  5. After learning of the confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases, the apartment property manager sanitized all common areas.

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Forms

plural: common areas
Singularcommon area
Pluralcommon areas

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcommons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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