Meaning

6 senses

  1. (obsolete)To communicate (something).

  2. (obsolete)To converse, talk.

    1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle Capitaine generall of Flaunders, which amiably enterteyned the sayd Duke, and after they had secretly commoned of.

  3. (obsolete)To have sex.

  4. (obsolete)To participate.

  5. (obsolete)To have a joint right with others in common ground.

  6. (obsolete)To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Examples

1279 sentences

  1. We have very little in common.

    У нас дуже мало спільного. — deniko

    ruУ нас очень мало общего. — soweli_Elepanto

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  2. We have many things in common.

    У нас багато чого спільного. — deniko

    ruУ нас много общего. — sharptoothed

    deWir haben viele Gemeinsamkeiten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  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

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  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

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  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

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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

commons, commoning, commoned, commoned
Base formcommon · to common
3rd person singularcommons
Present participlecommoning
Past simplecommoned
Past participlecommoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycommon
he, she, itcommons

Past simpleLesson

all personscommoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave commoned
he, she, ithas commoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill common

Synonyms

125 synonyms
articulateB2conveyB1expressB1communicateA2shareA1portrayC1putA1utterB2chatA2discourseC1treatB2confabulateC2converseB2jawB2

Word family

245 related words
DerivedcommonlyB1common senseB1commonwealthB2commonablecommonalitycommonaltycommon amaranthcommon ancestorcommon-and-gardencommon antilogcommon antilogarithmcommon areacommon ashcommon bamboocommon barberrycommon barleycommon beancommon beechcommon bentcommon bistortcommon bitterncommon blackbirdcommon bluecommon bluetail

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
commitB1commitmentA2committeeA2commodityC2commonercommonlyB1commonplace

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