Standard Lemma guide
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noun
The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Such a shared attribute or characteristic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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noun
The common people; the commonalty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
sharing of common attributes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commonness
Antonyms: individuality
Broader terms: generality
Narrower terms: solidarity
noun
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commonalty, commons
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class
History
From common + -ality.
Inherited from Middle English comunalite, remodelling of comunalte (modern English commonalty) as if from a putative Medieval Latin *commūnālitās.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
