noun
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A platitude or cliché.
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Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
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A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
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A commonplace book.
verb
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To make a commonplace book.
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To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
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To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
adjective
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Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
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Examples of commonplace in a Sentence
They just live their own old, quiet, and commonplace life, thought Natasha.
Home decorations made with seashells are commonplace along coastal areas.
It became a commonplace to say that he was put to death for an error of judgment.
His work is a kind of commonplace book kept without scientific discrimination.
But his learning even in divinity was far from commonplace.
If possible, avoid driving a car, as long lines of traffic are commonplace on the causeway from the mainland.
Health insurance coverage of alternative medicine options is becoming more commonplace, as more people are seeking these types of treatments.
Scaliger called him "a povertystricken talent, slow in operation; his work is very commonplace; he aped his father."
Hence we are thrown back upon that correspondence with brother naturalists which has raised his life and its influence so far beyond the commonplace.
News of ' transfer ballots ' will become commonplace.
With organic foods becoming commonplace you can find organic lollipops, candy bars, and chips.
They gave them a "hero" feel rather than a girl one, and people began to embrace them as commonplace, convenient, and most importantly, - fashionable.
Rather a relationship of that nature--even if it's innocuous--is hidden from public view.In France, flirting and flattery is commonplace and is often done without the sexual undertones that you might find in the United States.
Locke's commonplace books throw welcome light on the history of his mind in early life.
This adds a good deal to what was previously known, as Lord King was able to draw from the mass of correspondence, journals and commonplace books of Locke in his possession.
Such facile metres are called "political," in the sense of "commonplace," "of the city."
But Biblical facts have at last triumphed over tradition, and the non-Mosaic authorship of Deuteronomy is now a commonplace of criticism.
Owing largely to the simplicity and symmetry of the syllogism it has been a commonplace of logic to make the syllogistic form the type of all thought.
Neutrality was in the line of commonplace American thinking of that time, as may be seen in the writings of all the leading men of the day.
Many still wear bluejeans - and sometimes more unusual items like boas - but headscarves are commonplace.
Carp to over 30 pounds, Barbel to 15 pounds plus and chub to 6 pounds seem commonplace.
Live shows became more commonplace with the String Band headlining rather than supporting other artists.
Yet while road trip movies are fairly commonplace nowadays, few have been done as memorably as this.
In-house sales are assured; chips are increasingly commonplace in the electronic devices the Japanese company produces.
Nowadays sex seems to have become almost commonplace in Chinese life.
Similar ideas are relatively commonplace in CBL and in the virtual laboratories of the natural and physical sciences.
The use of creatine is now commonplace, with supplements widely available at a fraction of the original cost.
Recently, the term, " text " has become commonplace in critical writing instead of film, movie, or even story.
But while its attempts to be original only serve to make it seem commonplace it is still a nice pub.
In some South American field mice and the Scandinavian wood lemming, XY females are commonplace.
This book offers a hundred simple prayers rooted in everyday experience, the commonplace offering a springboard to personal devotion.
Your father, I scarcely like to remind you, since it is so trite a commonplace, is older than yourself.
With the growing ubiquity of computing, particularly use of the Internet, projects which once would have been unthinkable have become commonplace.
In older, and less commonplace browsers the site may appear different but should be easily useable still.
It is at the same time commonplace enough in conception; but there is much that is charming in the descriptions, Jonson and Lyly being respectively laid under contribution in the course of the dialogue, and in one of the incidental lyrics.
And the defects are in all respects commonplace; they have no resemblance to that uncanny discomfort which often warns the wise critic that he is dealing with an immortal.
The excesses of the earliest Spanish settlers have become a commonplace, largely through the passionate eloquence of Bartolome de Las Casas (see LAS Casas).
Richard Hurd (1860), giving selections from Hurd's commonplace book, some correspondence, and extracts from contemporary accounts of the bishop. A review of this work, entitled "Bishop Hurd and his Contemporaries," appeared in the North British Review, vol.
You may want to avoid a "commonplace" name-after all, your daughter is special, so you bestow a special spelling to make her name unique.
Business calculators have become so commonplace that most of the basic models should be shopped by price.
These and other types of fraudulent activities are commonplace with companies that are not legitimate and are simply trying to scam people out of money.
Elegant master bathrooms are more commonplace than they were ten years ago.
As more people create their so-called McMansions, large and elaborate houses where modest homes once stood, master suites are becoming more commonplace.
Especially on regional items or those that are in high demand, the resale of free beauty product samples is now commonplace.
This commonplace procedure instantly brings new life to your pearly whites!
Some of the animals seem commonplace now, but at that time Mexicans had never seen them.
For as you say, anyone can say the commonplace, the ordinary vulgarities of the day.
Bridal showers featuring couples are becoming more commonplace.
If you are hosting a shower and know that money trees are commonplace for the couple's friends and family, you may be able to include the tree in your planning.
I don't have hard statistics, but I can tell you that by working with teens and their families who have experienced this issue firsthand, it is much more commonplace than parents might want to believe.