ordinary person

  • 21ordinary — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ very ▪ The wines produced were at best very ordinary …

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  • 22person — noun ⇨ See also ↑people ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ elderly, old ▪ married, single ▪ gay …

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  • 23person */*/*/ — UK [ˈpɜː(r)s(ə)n] / US [ˈpɜrs(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms person : singular person plural people Get it right: person: The usual plural form of person is people (not persons), and this is used in all ordinary contexts: Wrong: Children… …

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  • 24person — noun (plural people or persons) 1》 a human being regarded as an individual.     ↘an individual characterized by a preference or liking for a specified thing: she s not a cat person.     ↘a character in a play or story.     ↘an individual s body:… …

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  • 25ordinary — 1. adjective /ˈɔːdɪnəɹi,ˈɔːdənɹi/ a) Having regular jurisdiction (of a judge; now only used in certain phrases). b) Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine. Ant: special …

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  • 26ordinary care — A standard for the determination of negligence; the degree of diligence which one must observe in the performance of his common law duty to use care to prevent injury to others. A relative standard; due care according to the circumstances of the… …

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  • 27ordinary care — noun the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty • Syn: ↑due care, ↑reasonable care • Hypernyms: ↑care, ↑charge, ↑tutelage, ↑guardianship * * * …

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  • 28ordinary shareholder — /ˌɔ:d(ə)n(ə)ri ʃeəhəυldə/ noun a person who owns ordinary shares in a company …

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  • 29ordinary negligence — noun : a failure to exercise or an absence of such care and diligence as a person of ordinary care, precaution, and diligence would exercise under the same or similar circumstances that is one of the three degrees of negligence recognized both at …

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  • 30ordinary citizen — n. normal citizen, average citizen, simple person …

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