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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 (album) — Commonplace Studio album by Every Little Thing Released March 10, 2004 … Wikipedia
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 — [[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 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 … Combinatory dictionary
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 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… … An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia
commonplace — 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… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
commonplace — 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… … English dictionary
