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common
English
Etymology
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 *gemeini, gamaini (“common”) in Old French), from Latin comm?nis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *?om-moy-ni- (“held in common”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ?em?ne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ?em?ne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, m?ne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ?em?ne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m'?n, IPA(key): /?k?m?n/
- (General American) enPR: k?m'?n, IPA(key): /?k?m?n/
- (obsolete) enPR: k?m'?n, IPA(key): /?k?m?n/
- Rhymes: -?m?n
- Hyphenation: com?mon
Adjective
common (comparative commoner or more common, superlative commonest or most common)
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
- ' Commoner' used to be commoner, but 'more common' is now more common.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- 1893, Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics
- If it be asked wherein the utility of some modern extensions of mathematics lies, it must be acknowledged that it is at present difficult to see how they are ever to become applicable to questions of common life or physical science.
- 1768, Arthur Murphy, Zenobia
- above the vulgar flight of common souls
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- 1893, Florian Cajori, A History of Mathematics
- (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
- (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
- (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
Synonyms
- (mutual): mutual, shared; see also Thesaurus:joint
- (usual): normal, ordinary, standard, usual; see also Thesaurus:common
- (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): widespread; see also Thesaurus:widespread
- (ordinary): common-or-garden, everyday; see also Thesaurus:normal
- (grammar, gender of coalescence of masculine of feminine): epicene
- (grammar, antonym of proper): appellative
- (vernacular): common parlance
Antonyms
- (mutual): personal, individual, peculiar; see also Thesaurus:sole
- (usual): special, exceptional, rare, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): rare, uncommon, few and far between
- (ordinary): exceptional, extraordinary, noteworthy, special
- (vernacular): technical term
See also
- (grammar, gender of coalescence of masculine of feminine): feminine, masculine, neuter
Translations
Noun
common (plural commons)
- Mutual good, shared by more than one.
- A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
- The people; the community.
- (law) 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.
Translations
Verb
common (third-person singular simple present commons, present participle commoning, simple past and past participle commoned)
- (obsolete) To communicate (something).
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans, Bible, Luke XXII:
- Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans, Bible, Luke XXII:
- (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.
- 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle
- (obsolete) To have sex.
- (obsolete) To participate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas More to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
Derived terms
References
- common at OneLook Dictionary Search
- common in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- common in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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current
English
Etymology
From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere, present active infinitive of curr? (“I run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k???nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k???nt/, /?k???nt/
- (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
- (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
Noun
current (countable and uncountable, plural currents)
- The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
- the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.
- Synonyms: flow, stream
- (electricity) the time rate of flow of electric charge.
- Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
- Units:
- SI: ampere (A)
- CGS: esu/second (esu/s)
- Synonym: electric current
- a tendency or a course of events
- Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)
- existing or occurring at the moment
- Synonyms: present; see also Thesaurus:present
- Antonyms: future, past
- generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.
- Synonyms: fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date; see also Thesaurus:fashionable
- Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
- (obsolete) running or moving rapidly
- Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
Upon a corde
- Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien
- To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
- Synonym: speeding
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Curtner
Latin
Verb
current
- third-person plural future active indicative of curr?
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