Meaning

4 senses
  1. Mutual good, shared by more than one.

    Gemeingut

  2. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

    Allmende

  3. The people; the community.

  4. The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.

More definitions
  • a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

Examples

1279 sentences
  1. We have very little in common.

    У нас дуже мало спільного. — deniko

    ruУ нас очень мало общего. — soweli_Elepanto

  2. We have many things in common.

    У нас багато чого спільного. — deniko

    ruУ нас много общего. — sharptoothed

    deWir haben viele Gemeinsamkeiten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom and I have nothing in common.

    У нас із Томом немає нічого спільного. — deniko

    ruУ нас с Томом нет ничего общего. — ae5s

    deTom und ich haben keine Gemeinsamkeiten. — MUIRIEL

  4. You and I have something in common.

    Ми з тобою маємо щось спільне. — deniko

    ruУ нас с тобой есть что-то общее. — marafon

    deDu und ich haben etwas gemeinsam. — Yorwba

  5. I have nothing in common with him.

    У мене з ним немає нічого спільного. — deniko

    ruЯ не имею с ним ничего общего. — Olya

    deIch habe nichts mit ihm gemeinsam. — Zaghawa

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mutual good:
tract of land:

Origin

From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gal

From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean.

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Forms

plural: commons
Singularcommon
Pluralcommons

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Collocations

12 patterns
  • lot in common
  • common sense
  • nothing in common
  • in common with
  • much in common
  • lacks common sense
  • common knowledge
  • more in common
  • something in common
  • in common than
  • a very common
  • have in common

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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