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plural of common
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(usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared spaced elsewhere.
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(usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
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(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
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The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy
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(chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
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(euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse.
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(obsolete, UK, Oxford University) Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
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Food in general; rations.
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third-person singular simple present indicative of common