commonality
The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristicsThe joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
German, Gemeinsamkeit
о́бщностьóbščnostʹ, унифицированностьunificirovannostʹ
(countable, uncountable)Such a shared attribute or characteristic
Gemeinsamkeit
(countable, uncountable)A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
унифицированностьunificirovannostʹ, совмести́мостьsovmestímostʹ
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The common people; the commonalty.
sharing of common attributes
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From common + -ality. Inherited from Middle English comunalite, remodelling of comunalteFrom common + -ality.
Inherited from Middle English comunalite, remodelling of comunalte (modern English commonalty) as if from a putative Medieval Latin *commūnālitās.
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Forms
plural: commonalities| Singular | commonality |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- sharing of common attributes:commonness
- a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank:commonaltycommons
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable