Definition of commonplace
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archaic
: a striking passage entered in a commonplace book
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Examples of commonplace in a Sentence
It is a commonplace that we only use a small part of our brain's capacity.
We now accept cell phones and laptop computers as commonplaces of everyday life.
Recent Examples of commonplace from the Web
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Terms like slow food and farm-to-table are commonplace in most major cities these days, either to the delight or chagrin of restaurant goers and bar patrons.
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Trump has made Twitter bullying commonplace among his minions.
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That project was to guide students interested in writing, recording and releasing an album of original music, something that isn’t commonplace in high schools.
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Even Comme des Garçons Is Launching a Direct-to-Consumer Brand The once-disruptive practice is becoming commonplace in the fashion industry.
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But, as has become commonplace, the biggest news coming out of the event surrounded Trump's own comments, which included a racist remark about Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a jab at the #MeToo movement.
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Officer Michael Carroll, spokesman for the Chicago Police Department, said that if comprehensive background checks are to become more commonplace in general gun sales, then straw purchases will become more common, too.
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As for aviation, over the past decade the use of checklists like those used by pilots has become commonplace.
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As computer networking became commonplace, the company experienced rapid growth.
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Origin and Etymology of commonplace
translation of Latin locus communis widely applicable argument, translation of Greek koinos topos
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First Known Use: 1561
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearcommonplace Synonyms
Synonyms
banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, truism;
Near Antonyms
Other Literature Terms
Definition of commonplace
: commonly found or seen : ordinary, unremarkable
- a commonplace occurrence
- the large mergers that had become commonplace
- Computers are commonplace in classrooms.
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commonplaceness
nounExamples of commonplace in a Sentence
Drug use has become commonplace at rock concerts.
He photographed commonplace objects like lamps and bowls.
Recent Examples of commonplace from the Web
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As crossovers become more commonplace, the wagon becomes more rare.
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The polling also shows how politically mixed gun owners are in a purple state where guns are commonplace.
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Some psychiatrists in private practice order genetic tests, some of which are covered partially or entirely by commercial insurers, but the practice is not commonplace in the VA or other public health systems.
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In cities where AVs are commonplace, drivers have got used to them.
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Mass shootings have become so commonplace, even the most empathetic around us feels dazed into a new sense of normal.
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Such twice-a-year price increases of around 10 percent used to be commonplace in the US pharmaceutical industry.
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As Healey and Cohen talked to CNN, their daughter was cheerfully playing with Legos, unaware of how conversations of guns, shootings, lockdowns and fear have become so commonplace.
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The use of profanity in comedy is so commonplace that it's almost expected.
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Origin and Etymology of commonplace
commonplace Synonyms
Synonyms
average, common, cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), everyday, garden-variety, normal, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday;
Antonyms
abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, odd, out-of-the-way, strange, unusual;
Near Antonyms
curious, funny, peculiar, quaint, queer;
aberrant, anomalous, atypical, irregular, untypical;
fantastic (also fantastical), phenomenal;
bizarre, far-out, outrageous, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild;
eccentric, idiosyncratic, kooky (also kookie), nonconformist, oddball, offbeat, unconventional, unorthodox;
conspicuous, notable, outstanding, prominent, salient, signal, striking, unexampled, unprecedented;
Related Words
regular, typical, unextraordinary;
familiar, homely, plain, popular, vulgar;
Phrases
par for the course;
Other Literature Terms
COMMONPLACE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of commonplace for English Language Learners
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: an idea, expression, remark, etc., that is not new or interesting
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: something that happens or appears in many places and is not unusual
commonplace
Definition of commonplace for English Language Learners
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: happening or appearing in many places and not unusual : very common or ordinary
COMMONPLACE Defined for Kids
Definition of commonplace for Students
: something that is often seen or met with
- Crowds are a commonplace of city life.
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