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I value HN at $1 billion by offering to buy only 1 share of 1 billion in common stock for $1 right now.

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Quick take

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of common gathered in one view.

noun

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

adjective

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"

adjective

having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for common.

noun

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

adjective

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"

adjective

common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"

adjective

commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"

adjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"

adjective

of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

adjective

of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"

adjective

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

See also: coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar

adjective

to be expected; standard; "common decency"

Example sentences

I value HN at $1 billion by offering to buy only 1 share of 1 billion in common stock for $1 right now.

Their facilities are dirt-smeared cube farms without a dime spent on decor or common meeting areas.

A common side effect of the drug is that it makes you a bit achy and sore, as if you had gone on a long hike the day before.

" Fuck you!Be proud that it is a common practice in the US to have motivational speeches that give people a good feeling.

Of course, the common man knows it's common sense that there's an inherent need for secrecy in conducting small scale covert operations.

Don't we need a common-sense refresh to the wording of our laws and potentially our constitution as it pertains to how we now rely upon 3rd parties?

France's prisons are so historically bad that they've spawned whole revolutions numerous times, and are a common factor in their history.

And so it's just common sense that any such broad-based operations that might be perceived as impacting our constitutional rights should be the subject of broad public debate.

It was also common practice to certify a room at one level, and operate it like it was the next higher level with minimal cost and maximal benefit.

Therefore, we should expect comments about the NSA and spying to become a part of the common dialog regarding technology and personal information.

It seems that they go a few directions:The most common seems to be to try and generalize, because relearning most of your job skills every few years starts to get annoying the 20th time you've had to do it.

This meant that he often had to spend his time attempting to herd people towards a common goal, and defending what existed against misconceptions; even having to teach people what it meant to have a protocol at all.