commons
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkɑːmənz/
:
terreno comunal
- Residents take pride in maintaining the local commons, ensuring everyone can benefit from the green space.
- Learning Commons
- Virtual Learning Commons
- Commons library
I've got a twin sister, Julia and we all grew up in on an estate in Woolwich Common, Woolwich Common Estate, ten of us.
- I've got a twin sister, Julia and we all grew up in on an estate in Woolwich Common, Woolwich Common Estate, ten of us.
- In fact, at one point we were in Mount Commons, Michigan, so during the riots.
Examples
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As a metaphor for the United States' Great Plains, the Buffalo Commons stands for a large-scale, long-term ecological-economic restoration project.
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Because of its location, the Commons was used for a wide variety of functions.
Academic text (2002) -
Describing the Great Plains as the Buffalo Commons challenges such ideas as the Cattle Kingdom and America.
Academic text (1999) -
But then if you have more sheep than the Commons can support, if they graze the grass faster than it grows back, then all the sheep starve and everyone is worse off.
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The children played happily in the commons, enjoying the shared space with their friends.
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Every weekend, families gather for picnics in the town's beautiful commons.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A large public area with grass and trees for people to relax
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3.2
An open grassy area near houses where people meet or play
37
3.3
A large natural area for public recreation and to protect wild animals
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1.0
An open area of grass in a town used for recreation
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2.2
A grassy common area in a village used for play and events
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3.5
Land that local people can use, often to graze animals
Land that a local community owns and that people share
Antonyms
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2.8
Things you can move, like cars or jewelry, that belong to one person, not land
Compounds
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3.5
The elected lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and passes laws
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3.3
The elected part of the British Parliament that makes laws and represents the public
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3.6
The elected part of the United Kingdom Parliament that makes and approves laws
How Public
43
1.5
∞
1.0
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3.2
2
2.2
- UK
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3.7
- Archaic
9
9.9
68
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Commons comes from the old word communis and the everyday word common, both meaning 'shared' or belonging to everyone. In medieval villages the commons were the fields where people grazed animals and gathered wood, so the word still means land or open space that the whole community uses.