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21commonplace — I adj. commonplace to + inf. (it was commonplace for them to travel abroad) II n. 1) to state a commonplace 2) a commonplace to + inf. (it s a commonplace to say that people should work hard) * * * [ kɒmənpleɪs] to state a commonplace commonplace …
22commonplace — [[t]kɒ̱mənpleɪs[/t]] commonplaces 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising. Foreign vacations have become commonplace... It is commonplace for snipers to open… …
23Commonplace Book — Notes (5,000 words); written between late 1919/early 1920 and 1935. First published in The Notes & Commonplace Book(Futile Press, 1938); rpt. BWS, SR,and MW. Annotated version in Commonplace Book(1987). No “book” at all, HPL’s commonplace… …
24commonplace — commonplacely, adv. commonplaceness, n. /kom euhn plays /, adj. 1. ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting; without individuality: a commonplace person. 2. trite; hackneyed; platitudinous: a commonplace remark. n. 3. a well known, customary,… …
25commonplace — com|mon|place1 [ˈkɔmənpleıs US ˈka: ] adj happening or existing in many places, and therefore not special or unusual ▪ Car thefts are commonplace in this part of town. commonplace 2 commonplace2 n [C usually singular] 1.) something that happens… …
26commonplace — 1 adjective happening or existing in many places, and therefore not special or unusual: Car thefts are commonplace in this part of town. 2 noun 1 (countable usually singular) something that happens or exists in many places, so that it is not… …
27commonplace — com•mon•place [[t]ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪs[/t]] adj. 1) ordinary; undistinguished or uninteresting 2) dull or platitudinous: a commonplace remark[/ex] 3) a well known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying; platitude 4) anything… …
28commonplace — I. noun Etymology: translation of Latin locus communis widely applicable argument, translation of Greek koinos topos Date: 1561 1. archaic a striking passage entered in a commonplace book 2. a. an obvious or trite comment ; truism b. something… …
29commonplace — 1. adjective ordinary; having no remarkable features The furniture in the house was commonplace, nice but boring and mundane. 2. noun a) A platitude or cliché …
30commonplace — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ regard sth as ▪ Such actions were regarded as commonplace during the war. ADVERB …
