in common with
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2.1
- idiom
:
en común con
- In many ways, I feel I have a lot in common with my sister, especially our taste in music.
- much in common with
- lots in common with
- more in common with
I, I have some friends in common with Josh Schrei.
- I, I have some friends in common with Josh Schrei.
- Giralt has much in common with Phillip Marlowe.
- What does it have in common with fantasy?
- Now, science has a lot in common with this story.
- Something else he shares in common with Gypsy is the litter theme.
- And relationally you have very little in common with the narcissist.
- And I would say that, you know, there's a lot in common with Berkeley in that regard.
- So would you say you have a lot in common with this man?
- You have DNA in common with yeast cells, with an apple, with oak trees.
- And he said, Oh, I don't want to have anything in common with people who did that to us.
- And one thing that Silicon Valley does have in common with ancient Athens is both were moochers.
- The one thing that silver has in common with GameStop is a short interest.
- And really interestingly, atypical depression seems to have a lot of biochemistry in common with chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Whether it's, I had mentioned with the wrestler that my upbringing, I have nothing in common with a wrestler.
Examples
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But to many students, school music has little in common with real music.
Academic text (1995) -
So would you say you have a lot in common with this man?
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And in this respect we have rather a lot in common with this strange fish.
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And I share that in common with women in general.
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What do I have in common with any of them?
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One thing in common with your little sister.
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Find someone you have things in common with.
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But, like I said, I never had much in common with the kids around here.
Fiction book (1995) -
That creates one thing that he had in common with all the folks I talked to.
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"I only know what you have in common with the woman I'm looking for.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Exactly in the same way as someone or something else
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1.0
In the same way as another action
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2.2
In the same way as what was just said
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3.6
In the same way as someone or something else
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6.8
In a way that is like another situation
Antonyms
How Alike
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in the same way as / shared with' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'in' (within/inside), 'common' (shared), and 'with' (together/alongside), which together form a compositional phrase indicating something is shared. This construction has close parallels in many languages (e.g. Spanish 'en común con', French 'en commun avec') and follows an obvious semantic combination, so a B1 learner who knows the words would understand it.
Etymology
In common with comes from the simple picture of sharing: the word common means shared, so something is in the group and shared with others. That's why in common with means 'in the same way as' or 'just like'.