commonplace (ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs
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Definitions
adjective
- ordinary; everyday ⇒
commonplace duties
- dull and obvious; trite ⇒
commonplace prose
noun
- something dull and trite, esp a remark; platitude; truism
- a passage in a book marked for inclusion in a commonplace book, etc
- an ordinary or common thing
Alternative Forms
ˈcommonˌplaceness nounWord Origin
C16: translation of Latin locus commūnis argument of wide application, translation of Greek koinos toposSynonyms
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everyday,
common,
ordinary,
widespread,
pedestrian,
customary,
mundane,
vanilla,
banal,
run-of-the-mill,
humdrum,
dime-a-dozen
trite,
uninteresting,
Usage examples
Hard man, soft man, the commonplace of interrogation technique.
, The Only Game (1991)Police "crime maps" that identify areas prone to illegal activity are commonplace.
New Scientist (2003)At Stirling senior public school in the Hastings and Prince Edward district school, assigning lines is a commonplace mode of punishment.
canada.com (2004)The £10,000 Rolls Royce is as commonplace as a second-hand Golf.
Independent (1999)It is by now a commonplace that families in which child abuse occurs are socially isolated.
, Trauma and Recovery (1992)