commonplace
A platitude or clichéA platitude or cliché.
» Space travel will be commonplace some time in the future.
Irgendwann in der Zukunft werden Reisen in das Weltall zu etwas Gewöhnlichem.
Когда-нибудь, в будущем, путешествия в космосе станут обычными.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A platitude or cliché.
Gemeinplatz, Allgemeinplatz, Plattitüde
о́бщее ме́стоóbščeje mésto, клише́klišé
(countable, uncountable)Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
Normalität, Alltäglichkeit
банальностьbanalʹnostʹ, заурядностьzaurjadnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
(countable, uncountable)A commonplace book.
- a trite or obvious remark
Examples
15 sentencesSpace travel will be commonplace some time in the future.
ruКогда-нибудь, в будущем, путешествия в космосе станут обычными.
deIrgendwann in der Zukunft werden Reisen in das Weltall zu etwas Gewöhnlichem.
His way of thinking is commonplace.
ruУ него шаблонное мышление.
Space travel will one day become commonplace.
In my grandmother's lifetime, both telephones and computers have become commonplace.
As is commonplace with young people, he doesn't care about money.
Translations
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Origin
A calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itA calque of Latin locus commūnis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὸς τόπος (koinòs tópos).
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Forms
plural: commonplacesSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable