English Explanatory Dictionary

commons

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of common
noun
  1. A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere.
  2. A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
  3. The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
  4. The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy.
  5. The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
  6. An outhouse.
  7. Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
  8. Food in general; rations.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of common
name
  1. The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

kŏmʹənz /ˈkɑmənz/ /ˈkɒmənz/ en-us-commons.ogg

Word forms

commons the Commons

Etymology

Ellipsis of House of Commons.

Synonyms

res communis commoners common house House of Commons backhouse backside bog boggard boghouse carsey chamber foreign commons Cousin John craphouse danna draught draught-house dunnekin dunny earth closet foreign gang gingerbread office gong gonghouse house of ease house of easement house of office issue jacques jakes jakeshouse johnny house karzy khazi kocay little house long drop longhouse necessary necessary house necessary place necessary vault neddy netty outhouse passage house petty petty-house privy privy house purging place retreat shield shithouse shouse siege siegehouse thunderbox usual offices

Related words

common common good common ground common land commonplace make common cause

Derived words

Commons House digital commons House of Commons pinch-commons tragedy of the commons
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