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Found 3 items, similar to commonplace.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: commonplace
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: commonplace
commonplace
n : a trite or obvious remark [syn:
platitude,
cliche,
banality,
bromide]
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Commonplace
Commonplace
\Com"mon*place`\, v. t.
To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general
heads. --Felton.
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Commonplace
\Com"mon*place`\, v. i.
To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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Commonplace
\Com"mon*place`\, a.
Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or
observation.
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Commonplace
\Com"mon*place`\, n.
1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a
trite or customary remark; a platitude.
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2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or
referred to.
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Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our
fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by
way of commonplace. --Swift.
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Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of
things to be remembered.
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