Commons Synonyms & Definitions

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• CommonsDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n. pl.) The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.
2. (n. pl.) A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.
3. (n. pl.) The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
4. (n. pl.) A common; public pasture ground.
5. (n. pl.) Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.

• CommonDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
2. (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
3. (n.) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
4. (v.) Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
5. (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.
6. (n.) The people; the community.
7. (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
8. (v. i.) To converse together; to discourse; to confer.
9. (v.) Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
10. (v.) Profane; polluted.
11. (v. i.) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
12. (v. i.) To participate.
13. (n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.