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  • 31commonplace — I UK [ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs] / US [ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs] adjective not unusual It is now commonplace for people to use the Internet at home. II UK [ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs] / US [ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs] noun [countable] Word forms commonplace : singular commonplace plural… …

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  • 32commonplace — adj. & n. adj. lacking originality; trite. n. 1 a an everyday saying; a platitude (uttered a commonplace about the weather). b an ordinary topic of conversation. 2 anything usual or trite. 3 a notable passage in a book etc. copied into a… …

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  • 33commonplace book — noun a notebook in which you enter memorabilia • Hypernyms: ↑notebook * * * ˈcommonplace book 7 [commonplace book commonplace books] noun (especially in the past) a book into which you copy parts of other books, poems, etc. and add your own… …

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  • 34commonplace — com|mon|place1 [ kamən,pleıs ] adjective not unusual: It is now commonplace for people to use the Internet at home. commonplace com|mon|place 2 [ kamən,pleıs ] noun count FORMAL 1. ) something that often happens or is often done and is therefore… …

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  • 35commonplace — /ˈkɒmənpleɪs / (say komuhnplays) adjective 1. ordinary; uninteresting; without individuality: a commonplace person. 2. trite; hackneyed: a commonplace remark. –noun 3. a well known, customary, or obvious remark; a trite or uninteresting saying. 4 …

  • 36commonplace — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Babbittish, Philistine, Spartan, abstraction, accustomed, ascetic, austere, average, back number, bald, banal, banality, bare, baseborn, below the salt, bewhiskered, bourgeois, bromide, bromidic, campy, candid,… …

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  • 37commonplace — adjective not unusual; ordinary. ↘not interesting or original; trite. noun 1》 a usual or ordinary thing.     ↘a trite saying or topic. 2》 a passage copied into a commonplace book. Derivatives commonplaceness noun Origin C16: translation of L.… …

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  • 38commonplace — [ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs] adj completely normal It is now commonplace for people to use the Internet at home.[/ex] …

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  • 39commonplace book — noun Date: 1578 a book of memorabilia …

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  • 40commonplace book — a book in which noteworthy quotations, comments, etc., are written. [1570 80] * * * …

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