Commonplace
11commonplace — index accustomed (customary), average (standard), boiler plate, common (customary), customary …
12commonplace — (n.) 1540s, a statement generally accepted, literal translation of L. locus communis, from Gk. koinos topos general topic. The adjectival sense of having nothing original dates from c.1600 …
13commonplace — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not unusual or original; ordinary or trite. ► NOUN 1) a usual or ordinary thing. 2) a trite saying or topic; a platitude …
14commonplace — 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 …
15commonplace — [[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… …
16commonplace — 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,… …
17commonplace — 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… …
18commonplace — 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… …
19commonplace — 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… …
20commonplace — 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… …
