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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, v. t.
     To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general
     heads. --Felton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, v. i.
     To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.]
     --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, a.
     Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or
     observation.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, n.
     1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a
        trite or customary remark; a platitude.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or
        referred to.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our
              fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by
              way of commonplace.                   --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of
        things to be remembered.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, v. t.
     To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general
     heads. --Felton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, a.
     Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or
     observation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, n.
     1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a
        trite or customary remark; a platitude.
  
     2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or
        referred to.
  
              Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our
              fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by
              way of commonplace.                   --Swift.
  
     Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of
        things to be remembered.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Commonplace \Com"mon*place`\, v. i.
     To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.]
     --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  commonplace
       adj 1: obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace
              prose" [syn: banal, trivial]
       2: completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now
          become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"
       3: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an
          unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: humdrum, prosaic,
           unglamorous, unglamourous]
       4: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
          sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
          "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating
          threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the
          trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, hackneyed,
           old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
           tired, trite, well-worn]
       n : a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality,
            bromide]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  commonplace
     Αγγλικά n.
     κοινός τόπος, κάτι το συνηθισμένο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  common-place
     a.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     n.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     vb.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  commonplace
     a.
     ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
     n.
     1 A platitude or cliché.
     2 Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
     3 A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
     4 A commonplace book.
     vb.
     1 To make a commonplace book.
     2 To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  common-place
     a.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     n.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     vb.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  commonplace
     a.
     ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
     n.
     1 A platitude or cliché.
     2 Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
     3 A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
     4 A commonplace book.
     vb.
     1 To make a commonplace book.
     2 To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  common-place
     a.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     n.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     vb.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  commonplace
     a.
     ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
     n.
     1 A platitude or cliché.
     2 Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
     3 A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
     4 A commonplace book.
     vb.
     1 To make a commonplace book.
     2 To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  common-place
     a.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     n.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)
     vb.
     (archaic form of en commonplace)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  commonplace
     a.
     ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
     n.
     1 A platitude or cliché.
     2 Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
     3 A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
     4 A commonplace book.
     vb.
     1 To make a commonplace book.
     2 To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  commonplace
     Englanti a.
     tuiki tavallinen, yleinen, arkinen; banaali, kulunut

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  commonplace /kˈɒmənplˌeɪs/
  alledaags, banaal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Commonplace /kˈɒmənplˌeɪs/
  الأمر الإعتيادي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  commonplace //ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs// //ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs// 
  обикновен, всекидневен
  ordinary

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  commonplace //ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs// //ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs// 
  баналност
  platitude or cliché

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  commonplace /kˈɒmənplˌeɪs/
  běžný