Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for common. Search instead for commonpl.
Definitions
Trivia Time
The common law tradition developed in England following which conquest?

common

[kom-uhn] / ˈkɒm ən /




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Nevertheless, the research provides a foundation for investigating how common sweeteners, food additives, and medications might interact inside the digestive system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

"That's maybe a common thread of these films, is that they're not just holding wealth for themselves, but also their products don't seem to be very good for society," Tyree said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Alligators are a common site in many parts of Florida, particularly in and around lakes, rivers, and grassy areas.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Peter Finn, who serves as the Teamsters’ vice president at-large, said that truck driving is the most common job for men without a college degree in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

It got to be a common sight to see Daisy fluttering around in her nurse’s uniform, doctoring everything that was sick and a lot of things that weren’t sick at all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Mette-Marit was not the first commoner to marry into the Norwegian royal family - the late King Harald had already broken with tradition by marrying Queen Sonja three decades earlier.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The fugitive Aegon experienced what it was like to be a boot-licking commoner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

JKF Jr. was the scion of American political royalty, and Bessette was the commoner who won his heart by side-eyeing his fame.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2026

One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister".

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

I’ve never known another commoner who had the nerve to do that.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

"Melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer, is now the fifth commonest cancer in the UK."

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

So-called hyperemesis gravidarum is the commonest cause of admission to hospital of women in the first three months of pregnancy.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023

Rampant, unchecked militarism, as historian Arnold Toynbee noted, "has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations."

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2022

Rather, Button selected their products for BuyMeOnce because of the inventive ways Davek responds to the commonest problem: losing that umbrella.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2018

One of the commonest forms of tree-blindness consists of a failure to look carefully at each branch of a coordination.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


Vocabulary lists containing common

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training