prep_phrase
Meaning 1
Shared with one or more others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My cousin and I have a grandfather and grandmother in common.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
in common
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Meaning 2
Held in joint possession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 3
Possessing similar or identical qualities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I hate being alone with my boss as we have nothing in common.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
sharing equally with another or others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we have several things in common
- in common with other companies they advertise widely
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Possibly a calque of French en commun. Compare Italian in comune, Spanish en común and Portuguese em comum.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: съвместно (sǎvmestno) — shared with others
- Bulgarian: общо (obšto) — shared with others
- Catalan: en comú — shared with others
- Chinese Mandarin: 共有 (gòngyǒu) — shared with others
- Chinese Mandarin: 共同的 (gòngtóng de) — shared with others
- Dutch: gemeen — shared with others
- Finnish: yhteistä — shared with others
- French: en commun — shared with others
- Ancient Greek: κοινῇ (koinēî) — shared with others
- Italian: in comune — shared with others
- Latin: commūniter — shared with others
- Portuguese: em comum — shared with others
- Russian: совме́стно (sovméstno) — shared with others
- Russian: о́бщего (óbščevo) — shared with others
- Spanish: en común — shared with others
- Swedish: gemensamt — shared with others
- Dutch: gemeen — held in joint possession
- French: en commun — held in joint possession
- German: gemein — held in joint possession
- German: gemeinsam — held in joint possession
- Italian: in comune — held in joint possession
- Swahili: shirika — held in joint possession