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• commonplace — [[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… …   English dictionary

• commonplace — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• commonplace — n Commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, cliche mean an idea or expression lacking in originality or freshness. A commonplace is a stock idea or expression which is frequently little more than the obvious, conventional, and easy thing to think… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Commonplace book — This article is about the commonplace book. For the music album, see commonplace (album). A commonplace book from the mid 17th century Commonplace books (or commonplaces) were a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books …   Wikipedia

• commonplace — 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,… …   Universalium

• commonplace — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• commonplace — 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… …   From formal English to slang

• commonplace — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ regard sth as ▪ Such actions were regarded as commonplace during the war. ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

• information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… …   Universalium

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium

• Ukraine — /yooh krayn , kruyn , yooh krayn/, n. a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Cap.: Kiev. Russian, Ukraina. Formerly, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. * * * Ukraine… …   Universalium