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🤝 Shared management 🤝 To share resources
to commoning

to commoning

8.5
To manage and share land and resources together so everyone can use them
  • verb
  • Specialized
translation icon : comunitar
  • By commoning the land, the group ensures fair access to resources for all members.

Examples

  • For centuries, villagers have been commoning the meadows to graze their animals.

  • The community is commoning the riverbank, allowing everyone to fish and gather water.

  • They have been commoning for generations.

  • We should common this land to preserve it.

  • The villagers have been commoning the forest to gather herbs and berries together.

  • By commoning the community garden, residents share vegetables and promote cooperation.

  • The indigenous group is commoning the land, respecting traditional rights to its resources.

How Communal

to commoning
  • Specialized
8.5
sharing
51 1.0
cooperation
443 2.5
use
  • Formal
310 8.7
ownership
187 2.5

Surface Forms

common infinitive
commoned past
commoned past participle
commoning present participle
commons third person singular

Morphology

commoning = common (semi-transparent) = common + ing

Present participle/gerund formed from the verb 'common' with the usual -ing; morphologically regular but the verb is relatively rare and its meaning (manage/share collectively) is specialized.

Etymology

Commoning as a verb comes from common, 'shared by all', plus -ing to show action. So to common or to practice commoning is to manage, use, or share land and resources together as a group.